GitHub says internal repos exfiltrated after poisoned VS Code extension attack

GitHub, the world's biggest code repository and DevOps platform, fell victim to a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) ...
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Hackers just walked off with 3,800 of GitHub’s internal code repositories — smuggled out by a single poisoned plugin a GitHub developer trusted

Somewhere inside GitHub, a developer installed a Visual Studio Code extension. It looked like any other productivity plugin ...

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension - SiliconANGLE ...
Visual Studio Magazine

GitHub Expands Copilot Enterprise Search in Visual Studio and VS Code

GitHub supercharged search for its Copilot Enterprise AI assistant in both Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code so developers can now get results from well beyond local codebases, ...
Infosecurity Magazine

GitHub Breach Traced to Malicious 'Nx Console' VS Code Extension

A threat actor compromised an Nx developer and posed as a legitimate maintainer to publish a malicious extension on Visual ...
Windows Report

GitHub Confirms Breach After Malicious VS Code Extension Exposed 3,800 Repositories

GitHub confirmed a breach affecting about 3,800 internal repositories after an employee installed a malicious VS Code ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.122 Lets BYOK Work Without GitHub Sign-In

Microsoft's May 2026 VS Code update makes BYOK usable in restricted environments while adding agent, browser and issue-reporting updates.
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GitHub Copilot extended: Agent Mode and Copilot Edits available in VS Code

GitHub Copilot offers new features in VS Code. Agent Mode is now available. Project Padawan takes over routine tasks automatically. GitHub has introduced new extensions for its programming tool ...
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GitHub Launches Free Copilot Plan for Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Users

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...