A hacker wiped GitHub repositories and demanded a ransom

Synopsis

In 2012, a significant vulnerability in GitHub, a popular platform for hosting software projects, was exploited. This vulnerability, known as a mass-assignment vulnerability, existed within the Ruby on Rails framework upon which GitHub was built. This...

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