Attacker Used 4,837 Hijacked GitHub Accounts to Run a CI Secret Stealer in 1,806+ Repositories
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Attacker Used 4,837 Hijacked GitHub Accounts to Run a CI Secret Stealer in 1,806+ Repositories

The Hacker News · Nov 12, 2026

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Attacker Used 4,837 Hijacked GitHub Accounts to Run a CI Secret Stealer in 1,806+ Repositories
Security November 12, 2026

Starting Tuesday, an attacker used stolen credentials for 4,837 GitHub accounts to plant a secret stealer in repositories those accounts could write to, according to Aikido Security, a security software company. The stealer is built to take the secrets and cloud credentials that a repository's CI workflows can reach. It ran in at least 1,806 repositories, where the attacker has likely collected

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