VincenzoImp on Nostr: We analyzed 40M events archived by BigBrotr and found 16,000+ valid nsec keys ...
We analyzed 40M events archived by BigBrotr and found 16,000+ valid nsec keys published in plaintext.
90% republished by a single bot. The rest: users confusing nsec with npub, AI agents leaking credentials in logs.
https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/#nostr #security #bigbrotr
Published at
2026-03-17 18:51:21 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "We analyzed 40M events archived by BigBrotr and found 16,000+ valid nsec keys published in plaintext.\n90% republished by a single bot. The rest: users confusing nsec with npub, AI agents leaking credentials in logs.\n https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/\n\n#nostr #security #bigbrotr \n\n",
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