GitHub Data Up For Sale on Dark Web
From Bite Sized Cyber Crime by Chloe Thonus
May 25, 2026 · 8 min · Episode 213
About this episode
This episode discusses the theft of GitHub's source code after an employee account was compromised and its subsequent sale on the dark web.
GitHub is the most popular code repository site, but after an employee account was compromised their source code was stolen and is now up for sale on the dark web, with threats to leak it if there is not a buyer. Sources: https://pastebin.com/U07MP4M0
People in this episode
Host: Chloe Thonus
Topics covered
- cyber crime
- data breach
- dark web
- source code theft
- GitHub
Keywords
- GitHub
- dark web
- data breach
- source code
- cyber security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GitHub, Dark Web
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