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GitHub bans weak passwords after brute-force attack results in compromised accounts
2013-11-20 16:48:15| InfoWorld: Top News
Popular source code repository service GitHub has recently been hit by a brute-force password-guessing attack that successfully compromised some accounts. "We sent an email to users with compromised accounts letting them know what to do," GitHub security engineer Shawn Davenport said in a blog post. "Their passwords have been reset and personal access tokens, OAuth authorizations, and SSH keys have all been revoked."
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