A GitHub personal access token was created with 22 scopes including admin:enterprise, delete_repo, audit_log, and workflow — essentially every permission GitHub offers. This is a dramatic violation of the principle of least privilege: a single leaked token could destroy organizations, delete repositories, and exfiltrate audit trails. Scope minimization costs nothing at creation and can save everything later.
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