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GitHub Hit With DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2015-03-27 15:54

A large-scale DDoS attack, apparently emanating from China, has been hammering the servers at GitHub over the course of the last 12 hours, periodically causing service outages at the code-sharing...

GitHub ordered to hand over access logs to Uber
2015-03-26 09:48

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/25/github_ordered_to_hand_over_user_data_to_uber/ By Kieren McCarthy The Register 25 Mar 2015

Uber’s epic DB blunder is hardly an except	ion. GitHub is awash in passwords
2015-03-05 09:41

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/ubers-epic-db-blunder-is-hardly-an-exception-github-is-awash-in-passwords/ By Dan Goodin Ars Technica March 4, 2015

In major goof, Uber stored sensitive database key on public GitHub page
2015-03-03 09:22

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/in-major-goof-uber-stored-sensitive-database-key-on-public-github-page/ By Dan Goodin Ars Techica March 2, 2015

GitHub bans weak passwords after brute-force attacks
2013-11-21 06:16

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244201/GitHub_bans_weak_passwords_after_brute_force_attacks By Lucian Constantin IDG News Service November 20, 2013