Meta to notify 1,500 users after stolen employee credentials expose GitHub repositories
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- ✓Meta is notifying 1,500 users after stolen employee credentials exposed GitHub repositories.
- ✓The company started informing affected individuals on Tuesday following an investigation into the intrusion.
- ✓A spokesperson said, “This was not a vulnerability in any Meta product, and Meta’s internal systems were not breached.” Most users are employees.
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- BUSINESS
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- Firstpost
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- 4 Minute(s)
- Market Focus
- India Economy
Meta is contacting around 1,500 people after an unauthorised party accessed company repositories on GitHub, exposing software development material and a smaller quantity of personal information that should never have been stored there.
Most of those receiving notifications are based in the United States, and the majority are Meta employees. The company began informing affected individuals on Tuesday, following an investigation into an intrusion discovered several weeks earlier.
The incident highlights a security risk that can arise when developers store sensitive information alongside source code on external platforms. Although Meta has stressed that neither a vulnerability in its products nor a breach of its internal systems was involved, the stolen material included business data that required remedial action.
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