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by ejcx 3177 days ago
There is absolutely no breach here. Absolutely not. Suggesting so is ridiculous. The word breach is a very special one and this is not it.
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I think you're the one being more reckless with language here. But please, what does "breach" mean to you?

I count it as "inappropriate and unauthorised access to data". Where "access" is potential, not necessarily actual unless you can absolutely prove there was no access.

These third parties have had access to sensitive data they shouldn't. That's a breach in my book.

Neither you or Circle CI even can say this hasn't lead to current or past third parties —or their rogue developers, or people who have hacked them— gaining source access or customer data from Circle CI users. Why? You simply don't know what was running at any given point.

Auditing and sub-resource integrity would help in the future, but it's too late. Unknown people have had access. Only the Circle CI users will know what ramifications that could have on them.

If your argument is anything more than a redefinition of "breach", please explain why you're being so nonchalant (and why you think I'm being "ridiculous") about this.