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by T3OU-736 383 days ago
The relation between GutHub creds being compromised and persional (Social Security) numbers being accessed is not obvious, and feels weird.

Were SSNs in a GH repo?

Credentials for GH access grabted access to the database with SSNs in it?

Those both seem, in their own right, quite bad.

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sure sounds like it

“An unauthorized third party acquired certain LNRS data from a third-party platform used for software development. The issue did not affect LNRS’s own networks or systems,” the company said

As an Ops guy, this was my reaction too.