GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP ...
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GitHub just confirmed hackers broke into its own code through a poisoned coding tool — slipping in on a developer’s laptop without anyone noticing for days

Sometime in early 2025, an attacker slipped malicious code into a Visual Studio Code extension, and a GitHub employee ...

GitHub says internal repos exfiltrated after poisoned VS Code extension attack

GitHub, the world's biggest code repository and DevOps platform, fell victim to a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) ...
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GitHub Confirms Breach After Malicious VS Code Extension Exposed 3,800 Repositories

GitHub confirmed a breach affecting about 3,800 internal repositories after an employee installed a malicious VS Code ...

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension - SiliconANGLE ...

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

GitHub has confirmed that roughly 3,800 internal repositories were breached after one of its employees installed a malicious ...
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Did AI write the worm that breached GitHub’s own house?

A single developer. One poisoned extension. Five supply chain surfaces compromised in 48 hours. And a threat group claiming their tool was built by Claude.On May 20, 2026, GitHub confirmed Opens a new ...
Tech Times

GitHub CISO Names Nx Console as Root of 3,800-Repo Breach: OpenAI, Grafana Also Hit

GitHub CISO Alexis Wales confirmed Thursday that a poisoned build of the Nx Console Visual Studio Code extension — live on ...
Memeburn

GitHub Hack Exposes 3,800 Repos and a Bigger VS Code Risk

GitHub hack exposed 3,800 internal repos through a poisoned VS Code extension, raising new concerns over developer supply ...

GitHub confirms breach — thousands of internal repositories hit

TeamPCP continues its attack on open source projects, now apparently asking for $50,000.
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GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension

GitHub lost 3,800 internal repos after poisoned Nx Console update exposed developer credentials and supply-chain risk.
SecurityWeek

GitHub Confirms Hack Impacting 3,800 Internal Repositories

GitHub has confirmed that roughly 3,800 internal repositories were hacked after an employee installed an infected VS Code ...