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GitHub Breach Exposes 3,800 Internal Repos via Poisoned VS Code Plugin

Popular developer platform GitHub was hit with a data breach after one of its employees was compromised through a VS Code plugin.

Software developers are increasingly becoming bigger targets for hackers, who are now searching for ways to compromise the software supply chain in an effort to distribute malware. The latest organization to be compromised is the developer platform G… [1813 chars]

Source: Hot Hardware | Published: 2026-05-20T18:05:00Z

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