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GitHub confirms data theft from 3,800 internal repos via malicious VS Code extension

Published 20 May 2026

GitHub has confirmed a significant security breach in which attackers exfiltrated data from approximately 3,800 of its internal code repositories. The Microsoft-owned platform stated the incident was detected and contained on May 20, 2026, after an employee downloaded a malicious extension for the Visual Studio Code ed...

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