According to a report by BleepingComputer, a hacker has claimed to have stolen more than 500 GB of data from Microsoft’s private GitHub repositories.
The data breach might have taken place on March 28, 2020, as indicated by the file stamps in leaked files, states the report. The data breach was revealed by a hacker ‘Shiny Hunters’ who said they attacked Microsoft GitHub account, and gained complete access to Microsoft’s private repositories.
Hacker had downloaded 500 GB of private projects. Hunters also revealed that he offered 1 GB of files on a hacker forum where he let the ‘registered members’ use site 'credits' to access leaked data. Moreover, Hunters had earlier planned on selling the data but is now deciding to leak it for free.
The report further states that there are other hackers who think the leaked data is not real. Also, the overall shared data doesn’t reflect on anything major fas "Msft haor Microsoft to worry about. Microsoft employee Sam Smith considers the leak fake as he responded to a tweet from cyber security firm, Under The Breach.
Hack attacks and data breaches have recently grown in number. Just recently, Cyble, a cyber security intelligence firm, revealed that a hacker group sold the user database Unacademy, India’s largest online learning platform, that consisted of over 20 million accounts for $2,000 (Rs 1,51,640).