Attackers Found the Uptime Window

We are investigating unauthorized access to GitHub’s internal repositories. While we currently have no evidence of impact to customer information stored outside of GitHub’s internal repositories (such as our customers’ enterprises, organizations, and repositories), we are closely holy shit, how did the attackers find a large enough uptime window to get in?

A screenshot shows GitHub announcing an investigation into unauthorized access to its internal repositories. A reply sarcastically asks how attackers found a large enough “uptime window” to break in, joking that GitHub is known for frequent outages and downtime. EN: A screenshot shows GitHub announcing an investigation into unauthorized access to its internal repositories. A reply sarcastically asks how attackers found a large enough “uptime window” to break in, joking that GitHub is known for frequent outages and downtime.

• @gentoomemes / 20919 2026-05-20
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