British company Canonical Ltd. is investigating the hacking of its GitHub page over the weekend. The company’s security team spotted an anomaly on the company’s GitHub page, with someone attempting to create new accounts and repositories. The incident did not affect the source code for the system, according to a company statement posted on Reddit. It remains unclear who compromised the GitHub site and what they were attempting to accomplish, but it’s not clear if the hack of the Canonical site and the increase scanning activity are related.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/canonical-investigating-hack-its-github-page-a-12749