Attackers Wiping GitHub and GitLab Repos, Leave Ransom Notes

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Attackers Wiping GitHub and GitLab Repos, Leave Ransom Notes

Attackers are targeting GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket users, wiping code and commits from multiple repositories according to reports and leaving behind only a ransom note and a lot of questions.

The targets who had their repos compromised use multiple Git-repository management platforms, with the only other connection between the reports besides Git being that the victims were using the cross-platform SourceTree free Git client [1234].

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