Bleeping Computer

GitHub deprecates account passwords for authenticating Git operations

GitHub has announced today that account passwords will no longer be accepted for authenticating Git operations starting tomorrow. This change was first announced last year, in July, when GitHub said ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft's GitHub account hacked, private repositories stolen

A hacker claims to have stolen over 500GB of data from Microsoft's private GitHub repositories, BleepingComputer has learned. This evening, a hacker going by the name Shiny Hunters contacted ...
ZDNet

Hacker gains access to a small number of Microsoft's private GitHub repos

A hacker has gained access to a Microsoft employee's GitHub account and has downloaded some of the company's private GitHub repositories. The intrusion is believed to have taken place in March, and ...
Wired

GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Mandatory Two-Factor

You’ve heard the advice for years: Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere it’s offered. It’s long been clear that using only a username and password to ...