GitHub confirms hackers stole data from 3,800 internal repositories: What we know so far

The GitHub data breach comes at a time when hackers are increasingly targeting popular open source projects, including coding extensions.
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A single 'git push' could hijack millions of GitHub repositories — and nobody knew for weeks

Sometime in early 2026, a flaw hiding inside one of the most routine actions in software development went live on the world’s largest code-hosting platform. Every time a developer ran git push to send ...
Infosecurity Magazine

GitHub Confirms Breach of Internal Repositories Via Malicious VS Code Extension

The Microsoft-owed software developer platform, GitHub, has confirmed a third-party has gained unauthorized access to 3800 ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs

A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. While most ...