---
title: "Y Combinator Bot Secrets Leak"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/y-combinator-bot-secrets-leak-wuwvtjoyi
source_url: https://daily.dev/posts/y-combinator-bot-secrets-leak-wuwvtjoyi
type: freeform
source: "Dickson A."
author: "Dickson A."
published: 2025-09-23T21:56:36.716Z
updated: 2025-09-23T21:56:48.196Z
tags: ["security", "github", "data-breach", "y-combinator"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 14
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# 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.

![image](https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--gAXj1tEp--/f_auto/v1758664292/ugc/content_e7ccabf6-5307-451a-acb4-db211ab5dc28?_a=BAMAK+ZW0)

Issue: https://github.com/y-combinatororg/ycombinatororg/issues/166

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@mdmuaj** · 0 upvotes

> removed / privated!!

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