The instant messaging app slack, was involved in a security incident, at the end of December 2022. Where a aspect of the application data was leaked. The hacker took advantage of the login data of some of Slack’s employees on the github website and managed to access the app’s repositories.
Customer data is safe and has not been subjected to any leak. as well as the main code of application. The leak also isn’t a result of a security issue in the application, according to the application’s press release.
The risk of leaking repositories data is if it contains sensitive information that may be used to access private data such as users’ conversation records or personal information about them.
We make it clear that – to date – no action is required by the app’s users to protect their data and accounts.
What are github repositories?
The repositories is a storage space for programmers’ project files. Codes, photos or any type of files can be kept.
