Hackers stole Meta source code and staff data from its GitHub repos

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Hackers stole Meta source code and staff data from its GitHub repos

An outside group used an employee's stolen credentials to get into some of Meta's GitHub repositories. It took product source code and personal data on about 1,500 people, most of them US employees.

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Hackers used an employee's stolen credentials to break into some of Meta's GitHub repositories and walked away with product source code and personal data on about 1,500 people, most of them Meta employees in the United States.

Meta confirmed the intrusion to SecurityWeekon Tuesday, 13 October 2026, the same day it began notifying the people affected.

What was taken​

According to Meta, 99% of the data the attackers took was business data, in the form of software code for some of its products. The remaining 1% was personal data.