GitHub 'actively encourages' hacking, suit filed against company after Capital One hack says

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'GitHub had an obligation, under California law, to keep off (or to remove from) its site Social Security numbers and other Personal Information,' the suit says.

for its link to a massive Capital One hack, alleging the company is guilty of negligence, negligenceviolation of the federal Wiretap Act and violation of the California civil code. The suit also levies charges against Capital One.

Capital One announced earlier this week that it had suffered a hack that exposed the personal information of 106 million people, including the social security numbers of 140,000 customers and the bank account numbers of 80,000 customers. The information, allegedly hacked by a former Amazon Web Services employee, was then posted onon Capital One information took place between March and April, when it was posted onThe 28-page lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S.

 

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This is such a stupid comment. GitHub does no such thing

“Hacking” goes both ways. If they take one side down, the other side will go deeper and be more dangerous.

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