GitHub states that hackers gained access to its code repositories and stole code-signing certificates for two of its desktop apps: Desktop and Atom. Although attackers exfiltrated a set of encrypted code-signing certificates, these were password-protected, so there is no possibility of malicious use.
GitHub revealed that on 7 December 2022, hackers gained unauthorized access to several of its code repositories and stolen code-signing certificates for two of its desktop apps: Atom and Desktop.