# GitHub Repos Targeted in Cyber-Extortion Attacks

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/github-repos-targeted-in-cyber-extortion-attacks/
- Published: 2024-06-12T09:15:24-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image source: SOPA Images via Alamy Stock Photo. Article by Jai Vijayan. Dark Reading – June 7, 2024. An unknown user going by the handle “Gitloker” is grabbing and wiping clean repositories on GitHub in an apparent effort to extort victims. The campaign, which a researcher at Chilean cybersecurity firm CronUp highlighted in a message on social platform X this week, appears to have been ongoing since at least February 2024. […] Click here to view original web page at www.darkreading.com