GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab open-source projects hacked and held for ransom

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Code of around 400 GitHub repositories removed by hackers and held for payment of 0.1 Bitcoin

About 400 repositories hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab have been hacked, with the attacker threatening to 'leak' code if the owners don't pay a ransom within ten days. The attacks broke o...

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