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A poisoned VS Code extension led to a GitHub breach, and Microsoft owns every link in the chain

Microsoft has had a VS Code extension for a long time, and it finally came back to bite them.

GitHub says internal repos exfiltrated after poisoned VS Code extension attack

GitHub, the world's biggest code repository and DevOps platform, fell victim to a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) ...
Infosecurity Magazine

GitHub Breach Traced to Malicious 'Nx Console' VS Code Extension

A threat actor compromised an Nx developer and posed as a legitimate maintainer to publish a malicious extension on Visual ...

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 internal repos after employee installs poisoned VS Code extension - SiliconANGLE ...
Guru3D

Malicious VS Code Extension Linked to Theft of 3,800 GitHub Repositories

A reported software supply chain attack involving a malicious Visual Studio Code extension has exposed the growing security ...
Windows Report

GitHub Confirms Breach After Malicious VS Code Extension Exposed 3,800 Repositories

GitHub confirmed a breach affecting about 3,800 internal repositories after an employee installed a malicious VS Code ...

Inside the GitHub Breach: The suspicious extension that exposed internal repositories and what went wrong

GitHub has contained a breach involving unauthorized access to thousands of internal repositories, allegedly linked to a ...
Morning Overview on MSN

GitHub just confirmed hackers broke into its own code through a poisoned coding tool — slipping in on a developer’s laptop without anyone noticing for days

Sometime in early 2025, an attacker slipped malicious code into a Visual Studio Code extension, and a GitHub employee ...
InfoQ

Unity Extension for Visual Studio Code: Preview Release

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...
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How to use Copilot in Visual Studio using extension?

This post explains how to use Copilot in Visual Studio using extension. GitHub Copilot, an AI coding assistant that offers autocomplete-style suggestions to help you code faster, is now available for ...