{"id":6996,"date":"2019-05-05T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/ruthless-hacker-is-hijacking-github-repositories-and-demanding-ransom\/"},"modified":"2019-05-05T08:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T08:00:27","slug":"ruthless-hacker-is-hijacking-github-repositories-and-demanding-ransom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=6996","title":{"rendered":"Ruthless Hacker Is Hijacking Github Repositories And Demanding Ransom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/hacker-ransoms-git-source-code\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/48002\/thumbnail\/default\/gitth.jpg\" alt=\"Ruthless Hacker Is Hijacking Github Repositories And Demanding Ransom\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nA hacker is making the rounds and attacking Git hosting services like GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab. The attacks reportedly started on May 3, and as of now, it is unclear how the hacker is gaining access to these repositories. What is known, however, is that the hacker is removing all source code and recent commits from the victim Git repository.<\/p>\n<p>In <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hacker is making the rounds and attacking Git hosting services like GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab. The attacks reportedly started on May 3, and as of now, it is unclear how the hacker is gaining access to these repositories. 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