Hackers breach GitHub and access 3,800 internal repositories now listed for sale
GitHub has said it found about 3,800 internal repositories accessed in the breach and stressed that these contained its own code rather than customer projects. The attackers,...
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Security Software hacking github Hackers breach GitHub and access 3,800 internal repositories now listed for sale The breach is linked to TeamPCP, a group that has been poisoning trusted developer tools for months By Skye Jacobs May 22, 2026, 13:52 Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What we know so far: Hackers have reportedly used a malicious Visual Studio Code extension to gain access to a GitHub developer's machine, then leveraged the stolen credentials to move into GitHub's own infrastructure and copy thousands of internal repositories.
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