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Github’s Wildest Hack Yet

2026-05-22 Science & Technology
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Top Comments (10)

@jimblonde2523 2026-05-22

Can the hackers go in and fix GitHub?

1.7k 30 replies
@GeoffSeeley 2026-05-22

At this point we should just classify NPM as an STD.

543 9 replies
@EduardoEscarez 2026-05-22

The irony of an attack to a Microsoft product (Github) though another product (VS Code) and its market also operated by Microsoft. Maybe even TeamPCP is just a rogue Microsoft division 🤷‍♂

477 12 replies
@sassymuffinzzz 2026-05-22

I still can’t get over that absolutely devastating tweet about uptime, it’s the best bit of this whole saga.

439 2 replies
@LT-dl4ty 2026-05-22

Github went opensource…

421 10 replies
@adder2488 2026-05-22

At this point it feels like there are backdoors everywhere, and they’re all getting fucked at once.

264 13 replies
@MrKyuubiJesus 2026-05-22

Github, a Microsoft product was hacked via VSCode, a microsoft product by uploading stuff to npm, a Microsoft product. Can't make this up maaan

207 3 replies
@jesselima_dev 2026-05-22

GitPoop I think Microsoft could make a course. "How to destroy a great thing after buying it Master Classe"

160 6 replies
@netcat435 2026-05-22

5:47 Pretty sure VS Code’s popularity is the reason for its supply chain attacks. All 7 of us Neovim users aren’t worth it.

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