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I assume it was password reuse from one of their engineers or something similar. If you could compromise GitHub itself there would probably be higher value targ

I assume it was password reuse from one of their engineers or something similar. If you could compromise GitHub itself there would probably be higher value targets (source code for upcoming AAA games, Coinbase, government organizations, etc.)

flylib 9y ago
I mean 100k is a lot of money and there is no saying they didn't hit those guys also
thaumasiotes 9y ago
> If you could compromise GitHub itself there would probably be higher value targets (source code for upcoming AAA games I'm intrigued. Why would that be a higher-value target?
- toyg 9y ago
  AAA games have budgets in the millions. Threatening full release would likely net you much more than a few hundred thousands, and without requiring any secondary attack.
  - davb 9y ago
    Are many (any?) AAA studios using private Github repos for development?