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A single 'git push' could hijack millions of GitHub repositories — and nobody knew for weeks

Sometime in early 2026, a flaw hiding inside one of the most routine actions in software development went live on the world’s largest code-hosting platform. Every time a developer ran git push to send ...
Ars Technica

GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack

GitHub is struggling to contain an ongoing attack that’s flooding the site with millions of code repositories. These repositories contain obfuscated malware that steals passwords and cryptocurrency ...