Tags: #github #8millions #profiles #leaked
"this incident is not about any sort of security vulnerability on GitHub's behalf, rather it relates to a trove of data from their site which was inappropriately scraped and then inadvertently exposed due to a vulnerability in another service"
https://www.troyhunt.com/8-million-github-profiles-were-leaked-from-geekedins-mongodb-heres-how-to-see-yours/?utm_content=buffer79ad8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
"this incident is not about any sort of security vulnerability on GitHub's behalf, rather it relates to a trove of data from their site which was inappropriately scraped and then inadvertently exposed due to a vulnerability in another service"
https://www.troyhunt.com/8-million-github-profiles-were-leaked-from-geekedins-mongodb-heres-how-to-see-yours/?utm_content=buffer79ad8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Troy Hunt
8 million GitHub profiles were leaked from GeekedIn's MongoDB - here's how to see yours
Let me make it crystal clear in the opening paragraph: this incident is not about any sort of security vulnerability on GitHub's behalf, rather it relates to a trove of data from their site which was inappropriately scraped and then inadvertently exposed…