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Binance Code and Internal Passwords Exposed on GitHub for Months

A takedown request said the GitHub account was “hosting and distributing leaks of internal code which poses significant risk to BINANCE.”

A highly sensitive cache of code, infrastructure diagrams, internal passwords, and other technical information belonging to cryptocurrency giant Binance has been sitting on a publicly accessible GitHub repository for months, 404 Media has learned. Although there is no public evidence this data was accessed or used by malicious parties, the cache contained a wealth of information that could be useful to hackers looking to compromise Binance’s systems. Another section says the GitHub repository is “hosting and distributing leaks of internal code which poses significant risk to BINANCE.”

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