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GhostAction Compromises About 1,900 GitHub Accounts, Targets Over 30,000 Repositories
GhostAction targeted over 30,000 GitHub repositories using about 1,900 compromised accounts and tried to extract 3,174 secrets.
Summary
The credential-theft campaign known as GhostAction has ramped up, targeting more than 30,000 repositories across 3,000 users and organizations. The spike, according to GitGuardian, was observed on October 8 and 9, 2026. "This resulted from compromising the GitHub accounts of about 1,900 users.
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