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Nx Console VS Code extension was the initial access vector in the GitHub breach (twitter.com)
6 points by vldszn 28 days ago
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Per security advisory on GitHub:

Root Cause

One of our developers was compromised by a recent supply-chain compromise on Tanstack, which leaked their GitHub credentials through the GitHub CLI (gh). This allowed the attacker to run workflows on our GitHub repository as a contributor.

More links:

https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/security/advisories/GHSA-...

https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/nx-console-vs-code-extensio...