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GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack(arstechnica.com)

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GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack::GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain.

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whodatdair@lemm.ee
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In this case? Money. They’re trying to steal crypto as far as I’ve heard

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TypicalHog@lemm.ee
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And that’s why no one should do crypto stuff on the same OS where they code.

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floridaman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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And that’s why no one should do crypto stuff. *FTFY

(/s btw I don’t care that much)

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