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GhostAction Campaign Compromises 1,900 GitHub Accounts, Hits 30,000 Repos

The GhostAction credential-theft campaign compromised roughly 1,900 GitHub accounts and targeted over 30,000 repositories across 3,000 users and organizations, attempting to extract 3,174 secrets from public repositories' CI pipelines.

Occurred 8 October 2026 · Disclosed 15 October 2026 · Record updated 15 October 2026

Impact

Attackers compromised ~1,900 GitHub accounts and attempted to extract 3,174 secrets from CI configurations across more than 30,000 public repositories belonging to 3,000 users and organizations.

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Sources

  1. thehackernews.comhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ghostaction-compromises-about-1900.html