🔴 Personal data stolen from Meta’s GitHub: Why was it even there?

American tech giant Meta is notifying over a thousand people after hackers accessed its GitHub repositories using a stolen employee account.

Hackers broke into Meta’s GitHub repositories using a stolen employee credential, taking software code and personal information affecting approximately 1,500 people.

Meta said the attackers took mainly business data, including software code associated with some of the company’s products. Personal information accounted for just 1% of the stolen data, according to the company’s statement.