GitHub nukes 70 Microsoft repos, breaks pipelines, suspected worm infections
beardyw
11 points
2 comments
June 08, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
Tangurena2
A related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48443135 The linked story includes some details on how this sort of attack works when a developer opens an infected project. This could be very important if you use a lot of open source projects in your project.
aniceperson
well, I think this is so common now that it does not even get attention anymore. the worst part is that a data leak from Microsoft wouldn't really benefit anyone, since they have nothing technical of value, just ungodly amounts of money.