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China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report(infosec.exchange)

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GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud.

It is being reported that many users’ repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without explicit authorization.

There is also a thread on Ycombinator (archived link)

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I’m not an engineer and I am employed, I do a little scripting for fun. Software developers should learn how to use git but I’m not one :)

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