The New York Times has warned a number of its freelance associates that their data may have been stolen in a recent attack on its GitHub repositories. News recently broke of a hacker posting source code belonging to the New York Times Company on the anonymous imageboard, 4chan. "The New York Times recently communicated to some of our contributors regarding an incident that resulted in the exposure of some of their personal information," a Times spokesperson told BleepingComputer. "We sent this note to freelance visual contributors that have done work for The Times in recent years. Especially if the new gig seemingly comes from the New York Times.

Source: New York Times June 14, 2024 21:10 UTC