Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.122 Lets BYOK Work Without GitHub Sign-In

VS Code 1.122 removes the GitHub sign-in blocker for BYOK, making enterprise and offline AI workflows practical. BYOK now supports chat, tools and MCP servers while signed out. The release also ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.121 Adds Remote Agents, Boosts Claude Code Functionality Again

VS Code 1.121 was released May 20, 2026, featuring yet another update to Claude Code, becoming more and more a first-class citizen in the VS Code ecosystem. Remote agents can run over SSH or dev ...
TechRadar

GitHub confirms breach — thousands of internal repositories hit after employee installs malicious VS Code extension

GitHub confirms an employee’s compromised device led to exfiltration of internal repositories via a poisoned VSCode extension Threat actors TeamPCP are selling an archive of roughly 4,000 repos on the ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

Update May 21: GitHub has now linked this breach to the TanStack npm supply-chain attack and says the employee installed a malicious version of the Nx Console extension. GitHub has confirmed that ...
VentureBeat

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...
InfoWorld

GitHub admits major source code leak after 3,800 internal repositories breached

Microsoft’s GitHub has suffered what appears to be its biggest ever security breach after confirming that attackers exfiltrated code from around 3,800 of the company’s internal repositories. News of ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

GitHub Confirms Breach of Internal Repositories Via Malicious VS Code Extension

The Microsoft-owed software developer platform, GitHub, has confirmed a third-party has gained unauthorized access to 3800 internal repositories. The breach was detected on May 19 and likely comes ...
CoinTelegraph

GitHub investigates unauthorized access to internal repositories

GitHub said the activity involved the exfiltration of about 3,800 internal repositories, and it removed the malicious code extension. GitHub said on Wednesday it is investigating unauthorized access ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

GitHub Breach Traced to Malicious 'Nx Console' VS Code Extension

GitHub has confirmed that a recent breach into its internal repositories was caused by a vulnerability in a Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension called ‘Nx Console.’ The security team at ...
TechCrunch

GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories

GitHub, the popular developer platform owned by Microsoft, confirmed it was hacked and attackers had stolen data from around 3,800 internal code repositories. The code hosting and sharing giant said ...
Digit

GitHub investigating cyberattack linked to malicious VS Code extension and leaked internal repositories

GitHub has confirmed that it is investigating a security breach incident after a threat group known as TeamPCP allegedly gained access to the company’s internal repositories and later attempted to ...
TechCrunch

‘What a joke’: GitHub Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs

The golden age of Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot appears to be at an end — for the little guy, at least. The company is switching its billing system from a flat subscription rate to a token-usage system ...