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De­ve­lo­pers, au­to­ma­ted tools and AI co­ding agents hold per­mis­sions that can outlast the work they were gran­ted for. Without ac­cess re­views, or­ga­ni­za­tions can leave ac­counts able to copy or chan­ge com­pany code after the work ends, ac­cor­ding to Blue­Flag Se­cu­rity’s The State of De­ve­lo­per Risk 2026 re­port. De­ve­lop­ment ac­counts and tools crea­te se­cu­rity blind spots Soft­wa­re de­ve­lop­ment spans code re­po­si­to­ries, re­view sys­tems, build pi­pe­li­nes and con­nec­ted ap­pli­ca­tions. De­ve­lo­pers, con­trac­tors, ser­vi­ce ac­counts, bots and AI co­ding … More → The post 99% of re­po­si­tory ac­cess to­kens never ex­pi­re ap­pea­red first on Help Net Se­cu­rity .