diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index b46fc2d..bcb7d8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check for plain text password
+        run: |
+          search_result=$(grep -r -i -n -o -E "(password|pwd|pass)[[:space:]]*(=|:)*[[:space:]]*[[:alpha:]]+" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE)
+
+          if [[ $search_result ]]; then
+              echo "Sensitive data found! Check it out! \n $search_result"
+              exit 1
+          else
+              echo "Sensitive data not found, everything's ok"
+          fi
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
@@ -57,4 +67,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
           path-to-lcov: "./coverage.lcov"
-          parallel-finished: true
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+          parallel-finished: true
diff --git a/top_secret_stuff.txt b/top_secret_stuff.txt
index 190aa14..cb33211 100644
--- a/top_secret_stuff.txt
+++ b/top_secret_stuff.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 password = "plain_text_password_1234"
+pwd: asdf
 user = "superDuperUser"