Hackers claim to have Target source code for sale following recent cyberattack


Hackers are apparently selling internal source code stolen from American retail giant Target. A previously unknown threat actor posted in an underground hacking community to claim they were selling Target’s data, and that this was the first of many datasets to go on auction.

To support their claim, the poster created multiple repositories on Gitea, a self-hosted Git platform, and uploaded a small sample of the data.

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Source: TechRadar News


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