Meta
Oct 2026 · Graded Attested · Technology and Software · Beyond the filings
Incident summary
MetaOct 2026
Not yet quantified
AAttestedOne employee's stolen credentials let an outside group into some of Meta's GitHub repositories, where product code sat beside personal data on roughly 1,500 people, mostly US employees, that policy said should never have been there. Meta has not said what kinds of personal information were taken. Its spokesperson insists internal systems were not breached, a curious claim about a repository holding the company's code, its secrets, and its own staff's data.
Technology and Software
Meta Says Hackers Took Code, Personal Data of 1,500 in GitHub Breach
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