GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code. Today's announcement comes ...

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With push protection, GitHub’s secret scanning blocks users from pushing secrets to a repository, while giving them the option to bypass the block. GitHub has begun rolling out push protection for all ...

Attackers can abuse VS Code configuration files for RCE when a GitHub Codespaces user opens a repository or pull request.

GitHub has experienced a major service outage disrupting Git Operations, the API, and core services, with full recovery reported after four hours.