GitHub investigates unauthorized access to internal repositories

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GitHub investigates unauthorized access to internal repositories

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GitHub is actively investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories, with approximately 3,800 repositories potentially compromised. The company has already removed the malicious code extension responsible for the breach. This incident may raise concerns about the security of sensitive data stored on the platform, potentially impacting developers' trust in GitHub's ability to safeguard their projects and intellectual property.

GitHub said the activity involved the exfiltration of about 3,800 internal repositories, and it removed the malicious code extension.