--- title: Y Combinator Bot Secrets Leak | daily.dev description: Y Combinator experienced a security incident where bot secrets were compromised and exposed. The organization responded quickly to address the vulnerability,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/y-combinator-bot-secrets-leak-wuwvtjoyi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Y Combinator Bot Secrets Leak | daily.dev og:description: Y Combinator experienced a security incident where bot secrets were compromised and exposed. The organization responded quickly to address the vulnerability,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/y-combinator-bot-secrets-leak-wuwvtjoyi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wuwvtJoyi.png og:image:alt: Y Combinator Bot Secrets Leak og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Y Combinator Bot Secrets Leak **[Dickson A.](https://daily.dev/sources/cujeptesdjlakzfxt7xfz)** · [@fabidick22](https://daily.dev/fabidick22) · 1 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Y Combinator experienced a security incident where bot secrets were compromised and exposed. The organization responded quickly to address the vulnerability, and the related GitHub issue has since been removed. ## Content It seems the Y Combinator bot secrets were compromised. They acted fast, as the issue is no longer available.  Issue: https://github.com/y-combinatororg/ycombinatororg/issues/166 ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mdmuaj** · 0 upvotes > removed / privated!! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [News alert: GitGuardian study shows AI coding tools double leak rates as 29M credentials hit GitHub](https://daily.dev/posts/news-alert-gitguardian-study-shows-ai-coding-tools-double-leak-rates-as-29m-credentials-hit-github-hkqb5n1dy) · Security Boulevard · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitGuardian Reports an 81% Surge of AI-Service Leaks as 29M Secrets Hit Public GitHub](https://daily.dev/posts/gitguardian-reports-an-81-surge-of-ai-service-leaks-as-29m-secrets-hit-public-github-1np8gniww) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach), [#y-combinator](https://daily.dev/tags/y-combinator) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/y-combinator-bot-secrets-leak-wuwvtjoyi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/y-combinator-bot-secrets-leak-wuwvtjoyi","headline":"Y Combinator Bot Secrets Leak","text":"Y Combinator experienced a security incident where bot secrets were compromised and exposed. 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