Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories
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Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories

The Hacker News · Oct 10, 2026

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Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories
Security October 10, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing credential-theft campaign that has compromised two high-profile open-source maintainer accounts to push a malicious workflow into over 340 repositories. "Using the account of Takashi Kitao, author of the 18,400-star game engine pyxel, the attacker pushed a malicious workflow to 27 repositories starting at 13:20 UTC," StepSecurity

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