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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

In a statement shared with The Hacker News, a GitHub spokesperson said the identified packages were part of a "tightly controlled exercise" conducted by GitHub's Red Team.

"GitHub takes security seriously and regularly tests its security posture through rigorous, realistic Red Team exercises to ensure resilience against current threat actor techniques. At no point were GitHub systems or data at risk," the spokesperson added.