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A Hacker is Wiping Git Repositories and Asking for a Ransom

posted by Fnord666 on Monday May 06 2019, @07:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the aren't-they-already-public? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow0152

Hundreds of developers have had had Git source code repositories wiped and replaced with a ransom demand.

The attacks started earlier today, appear to be coordinated across Git hosting services (GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab), and it is still unclear how they are happening.

What it is known is that the hacker removes all source code and recent commits from vitcims' Git repositories, and leaves a ransom note behind that asks for a payment of 0.1 Bitcoin (~$570).

The hacker claims all source code has been downloaded and stored on one of their servers, and gives the victim ten days to pay the ransom; otherwise, they'll make the code public.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-hacker-is-wiping-git-repositories-and-asking-for-a-ransom/

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Monday May 06 2019, @10:11AM (9 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday May 06 2019, @10:11AM (#839563) Homepage Journal

    The 1st. came from Anomalurus. But, it looked like somebody that possibly knew what he, or she was talking about. With the Link to, somebody's Website. The 2nd. came an hour later. With the Link to Main Stream Media. Which in turn -- they got the story from that same Website as in the first Sub. And Editors went with the 2nd. Sending more people, more money to MSM. Too bad!!!!

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by realDonaldTrump on Monday May 06 2019, @10:59AM (6 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday May 06 2019, @10:59AM (#839569) Homepage Journal

    (cont) By the way, Headline is Fake News. Because, they're not wiping. Crooked Hillary wiped, she had some very expensive cyber for wiping. These crooks don't wipe. They aren't wiping at all. And folks can get their very special cyber back very easily. WITHOUT PAYING ONE PENNY IN BITCOIN. As the Article, if you look near the end of it, says. And as the 1st. Sub said so well. So much better. But, rejected by incompetent Editors!!!

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by J_Darnley on Monday May 06 2019, @12:07PM (4 children)

      by J_Darnley (5679) on Monday May 06 2019, @12:07PM (#839579)

      I'm sorry realDonaldTrump but it was Fact Checked(TM) that Hilary did not wipe her server with a corrosive chemical. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/785299709342654465 [twitter.com] It. Was. Fact. Checked.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 06 2019, @12:29PM (2 children)

        by c0lo (156) on Monday May 06 2019, @12:29PM (#839584) Journal

        even God can't read it [bleachbit.org].
        And some of the comments are delicious.

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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @02:56AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @02:56AM (#839974)

          How.. does one.. taste .. ... ... comments?

          • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:19AM

            by c0lo (156) on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:19AM (#840056) Journal

            That's an acquired taste, you have to experience it on your own.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @03:50PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @03:50PM (#839664)

        Please don't feed the trolls. They'll only come back begging for more.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday May 06 2019, @01:56PM

      by DannyB (5839) on Monday May 06 2019, @01:56PM (#839605) Journal

      Because, they're not wiping.
      These crooks don't wipe.
      They aren't wiping at all.

      Before you complain about others not wiping, you should learn these important skills for yourself. [amazon.com] This is one of the very first skills that all members of society are expected to master very early in life. No need for you to hire immigrants to do the job for you.

      Crooked Hillary wiped
      very expensive cyber for wiping

      Try new WIPO brand which can be found here here [wipo.int].

      --
      If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @12:21PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @12:21PM (#839582)

    Do you mean this [soylentnews.org]?

    For most people this is a a simple fix to just move the HEAD back to n-1 or to refresh the remote git repository from the local cache.

    If they had merged the submissions this could have been included. I did see the first sub, and would have pulled mine if I could. Oh well. The editors will do what they will. Time to go scare at the clouds.

    • (Score: 1, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Monday May 06 2019, @08:44PM

      by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday May 06 2019, @08:44PM (#839822) Homepage Journal

      Thank you, that's it. That's the one. Sad that the Editors, and the Down Modders prefer to Clickbate. And hide the true information. Super dumb!!!!