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GitHub Confirms Breach, 4K Internal Repos Stolen

·Source: Dark Reading

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Executive Summary

Open source software giant GitHub confirmed a data breach this week involving the theft of thousands of repos. One threat actor — TeamPCP — took credit.

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Open source software giant GitHub confirmed a data breach this week involving the theft of thousands of repos. One threat actor — TeamPCP — took credit.
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Originally published by Dark Reading on May 20, 2026.

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