Many are the groups that, either by showing their skills to the community or directly to obtain economic benefits, are dedicated to trying not only to knock down servers, but to break their security and get all kinds of sensitive data that they may contain. This time we have to talk about the theft perpetrated from the well-known platform GitHub where thieves have managed to seize nothing less than 8 million private profiles.
As is often the case, this type of account presents a multitude of private data and personal information of users, unfortunately all this data has been filtered so many of the users of this specialized platform for developers and computer experts in general, can see their compromised accounts.
The attack on GitHub culminated in the theft of more than 8 million private profiles.
Based on the statements made by Troy Hunt, Microsoft Regional Director:
GitHub has a great track record of handling security incidents, not only in terms of having had a lot of experience with them, but in the way they have dealt with them. Over time they have had many, sometimes they have responded well and at other times they have acted as a firewall to a greater threat.
Despite what many may think, the leaks did not occur from within the page. Many users wonder if it is the same website that reveals the information, but it is not.
As you can read in these statements, it is not the first time that the platform has suffered an attack of this type and it is not the first time that GitHub users' information has been leaked to the network, so those responsible should pay more attention to the security breaches that has the platform.