GhostAction Compromises About 1,900 GitHub Accounts, Targets Over 30,000 Repositories

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GhostAction Compromises About 1,900 GitHub Accounts, Targets Over 30,000 Repositories

October 15, 2026 dirk 0 Comments 3 tags

GhostAction Compromises About 1,900 GitHub Accounts, Targets Over 30,000 Repositories

The credential-theft campaign known as GhostAction has ramped up, targeting more than 30,000 repositories across 3,000 users and organizations.

The spike, according to GitGuardian, was observed on October 8 and 9, 2026.

“This resulted from compromising the GitHub accounts of about 1,900 users. It attempted to extract 3,174 secrets from public repositories’ CI,” security researchers Gaetan

Source: The Hacker News

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