GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP ...
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A poisoned VS Code extension led to a GitHub breach, and Microsoft owns every link in the chain

Microsoft has had a VS Code extension for a long time, and it finally came back to bite them.

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension

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500 Poisoned Packages, Hundreds of Companies: TeamPCP’s Worm Just Reached GitHub

A GitHub employee installed a routine VS Code extension update, handed cybercrime group TeamPCP enough access to exfiltrate ...