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.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.If they can do it to Microsoft, they can do it to anyone else who has a GitHub account.[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23057769[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22960579[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22868406[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089999