A hacker is wiping Git repositories and asking for a ransom

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-hacker-is-wiping-git-repositories-and-asking-for-a-ransom/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet News
May 3, 2019

Hundreds of developers have had had Git source code repositories wiped and
replaced with a ransom demand.

The attacks started earlier today, appear to be coordinated across Git hosting
services (GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab), and it is still unclear how they are
happening.

What it is known is that the hacker removes all source code and recent commits
from vitcims' Git repositories, and leaves a ransom note behind that asks for a
payment of 0.1 Bitcoin (~$570).

The hacker claims all source code has been downloaded and stored on one of their
servers, and gives the victim ten days to pay the ransom; otherwise, they'll
make the code public.

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