Hackers claim to breach Microsoft’s GitHub account; steal 500GB of data

From hackread.com

In October 2018, Microsoft acquired GitHub, the famous software version control system used by developers around the globe. Although it initially raised questions as to how GitHub will be affected, these concerns were later put to rest with Microsoft’s well-executed strategy.

Now, in the latest, we have discovered that a hacker going by the online handle of Shiny Hunters is claiming to have hacked Microsoft’s own GitHub account allegedly allowing the hacker to the company’s private repositories.

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