IncidentsGhostAction campaign hits 1,900 GitHub accounts and 30,000 repos
GitGuardian says the credential-theft campaign spiked on 8 and 9 October 2026, attempting to pull 3,174 secrets from public repositories' build pipelines.
15 Oct 2026
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
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.
IncidentsGitGuardian says the credential-theft campaign spiked on 8 and 9 October 2026, attempting to pull 3,174 secrets from public repositories' build pipelines.
15 Oct 2026