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GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack (arstechnica.com)
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GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack::GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain.

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand why people are so hell bent on breaking everything like this.

[–] whodatdair@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

In this case? Money. They’re trying to steal crypto as far as I’ve heard

[–] TypicalHog@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And that's why no one should do crypto stuff on the same OS where they code.

[–] floridaman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And that's why no one should do crypto stuff. *FTFY

(/s btw I don't care that much)