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TechnologyEnglish · 9 months ago

GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code

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GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code

www.pcgamer.com

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TechnologyEnglish · 9 months ago

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Thanks to a combination of sophisticated methodology and social engineering, this particular attack seems to be very difficult to stop.

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9 months ago
Yes that seems like the case, it just struck me as funny

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