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Gitloker  (Back to overview)


Gitloker is a threat actor group targeting GitHub repositories, wiping their contents, and extorting victims for their data. They use stolen credentials to compromise accounts, claim to have created a backup, and instruct victims to contact them on Telegram. The attackers leave a ransom note in the form of a README file, urging victims to negotiate the return of their data. GitHub is working to combat these evolving attacks and the vulnerabilities they exploit.


Associated Families

There are currently no families associated with this actor.


References
2024-06-13IT Security GuruGuru
Guest Blog: Ox Security on learning from the Recent GitHub Extortion Campaigns
Gitloker
2024-06-06Bleeping ComputerSergiu Gatlan
New Gitloker attacks wipe GitHub repos in extortion scheme
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Credits: MISP Project