In the second installment of GitGuardian's "Detector of the Month" series in 2022, the focus is on PlanetScale database password and token detectors. PlanetScale, powered by Vitess, offers a serverless database solution that allows enterprises to scale MySQL databases effortlessly without data migration or application changes, and it's designed with developer-friendly Git-like workflows. GitGuardian highlights the critical issue of secrets sprawl, noting a significant increase in leaked credentials on GitHub, and emphasizes the importance of proper secrets management to avoid compromising database credentials, which can lead to severe security breaches. They offer a robust solution for detecting and managing secrets, providing alerts and best practices to prevent exposure of sensitive information in code repositories, and offer specific guidance on handling leaked PlanetScale credentials by rotating and revoking exposed secrets. GitGuardian's solution supports multiple environments and platforms to secure the entire development lifecycle from developer workstations to cloud deployments.