[avaer]

Why can't GitHub get on the case and just block any repo where the README matches the regex? I thought they'd have learned their lesson the last time it happened.

This malware isn't even trying. Then again it's Microsoft so they're not even trying either.

[eddythompson80]

6 minutes later an HN submission "GitHub blocks your account if you mention X in the README" with a top comment "This is absurd, are they just doing regex matching to check for malware?"

[bbor]

1. This happened less than 24 hours ago.

2. This is just one of the four techniques the worm uses to phone home.

[sgskinner]

“Some people, when confronted with a problem, think ‘I know, I’ll use regular expressions.’ Now they have two problems.”