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SpotBugs Access Token Theft Identified as Root Cause of GitHub Supply Chain Attack


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2025-04-04 13:04:33
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The cascading supply chain attack that initially targeted Coinbase before becoming more widespread to single out users of the "tj-actions/changed-files" GitHub Action has been traced further back to the theft of a personal access token (PAT) related to SpotBugs.
"The attackers obtained initial access by taking advantage of the GitHub Actions workflow of SpotBugs, a popular open-source tool for



Source: TheHackerNews
Source Link: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/spotbugs-access-token-theft-identified.html


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