China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report (infosec.exchange)

submitted 1 week ago by 0x815@feddit.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/176888

GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud.

It is being reported that many users' repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without explicit authorization.

There is also a thread on Ycombinator (archived link)

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[-] beejjorgensen 2 points 1 week ago

When I type "Beej" in their search bar, my network guide shows up in the pick list, but then it 403s when I try to go there.

Didn't see any other of my repos there. I'm confident they don't have my private repos. And even if they did, I don't have any sensitive information stored there, of course.

I guess I could worry about this or be mad about it, but there seems to be literally nothing actionable here.