Microsoft's GitHub account allegedly hacked, 500GB stolen
> This evening, a hacker going by the name Shiny Hunters contacted BleepingComputer to tell us they had hacked into the Microsoft GitHub account, gaining full access to the software giant's 'Private' repositories.<p>Well, someone asked the other day whether or not private repositories on GitHub were safe: [0] I think you now have a concrete answer regardless if this is true or not. I have already made the case to privately self-host, especially if you're a large enterprise, but preferably on-site [1][2] to avoid these types of attacks and in the process to reduce costs like this as many were discussing in other HN discussion [3], but here we are.<p>If they can do it to Microsoft, they can do it to anyone else who has a GitHub account.<p>[0] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23057769" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23057769</a><p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22960579" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22960579</a><p>[2] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22868406" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22868406</a><p>[3] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089999" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089999</a>