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Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories

The Hacker News·October 9, 2026·1 min read
Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories

Researchers disclosed a credential-theft campaign that compromised two high-profile open-source maintainer accounts, pushing malicious workflows into over 340 repositories. Using the account of Takashi Kitao, author of the 18,400-star game engine pyxel, the attacker pushed a malicious workflow to 27 repositories starting at 13:20 UTC, according to StepSecurity.

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