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New York Times warns freelancers of GitHub repo data breach (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 5 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The New York Times suffered a breach of its GitHub repositories in January 2024, leading to the theft and leak of sensitive personal information of freelancers.
Attackers accessed the repos using exposed credentials, but the breach did not impact the newspaper's internal systems or operations.
The stolen data, amounting to 273GB, was leaked on 4chan and included various personal details of contributors as well as information related to assignments and source code, including the viral Wordle game.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is not Microsoft's job to protect your password, it is yours.

Or did you assume it was GitHub itself that was compromised? The article doesn't say where the creds were obtained. My guess is plain old phishing. Though it could also be cred-stealing malware, that seems to be making a comeback, in the form of browser extensions and mobile apps. Either way, those aren't Microsoft's fault.