cm0002@digipres.cafe to Opensource@programming.dev · 3 days agoAndroid syncthing repo gone and Developer profile gone private.github.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up194cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up194external-linkAndroid syncthing repo gone and Developer profile gone private.github.comcm0002@digipres.cafe to Opensource@programming.dev · 3 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresomewa@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoIf he pushed something he shouldn’t have online then taking it offline immediately makes a lot of sense.
minus-squareorygin@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoIt makes sense, but once it’s pushed there is no way to know if it’s been cloned or kept somewhere else. The only real mitigation is to rotate the keys or password that was leaked. If it’s something else you can’t rotate, you’re screwed.
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agohttps://trufflesecurity.com/blog/anyone-can-access-deleted-and-private-repo-data-github
minus-squaresomewa@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoThe point wasn’t that it’s not accessible but limiting the damage while you still can.
If he pushed something he shouldn’t have online then taking it offline immediately makes a lot of sense.
It makes sense, but once it’s pushed there is no way to know if it’s been cloned or kept somewhere else. The only real mitigation is to rotate the keys or password that was leaked.
If it’s something else you can’t rotate, you’re screwed.
https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/anyone-can-access-deleted-and-private-repo-data-github
The point wasn’t that it’s not accessible but limiting the damage while you still can.