Case Study: European Technology Company detects unauthorized code commits with Digital Shadows SearchLight

How a technology company discovered credentials for their CRM platform

European Technology Company, a European technology firm with a small engineering team and frequent contractor involvement, struggled to see where its code was being shared online. To address this visibility gap and the risk of exposed credentials, the company turned to Digital Shadows and its SearchLight platform, specifically the Unauthorized Commit alerting capability.

Digital Shadows alerted the security team within 1 minute when a public GitHub commit was detected containing clear-text Salesforce credentials tied to a company email address. The team quickly investigated, confirmed the repository had been made public by mistake, removed the post, and refined internal policies. The alert provided commit history, committer details, and repository context, helping the company quickly mitigate the exposure.