GitHub, Copilot and Microsoft

Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is exposing the contents of more than 20,000 private GitHub repositories from companies including Google, Intel, Huawei, PayPal, IBM, Tencent and, ironically, Microsoft.
Microsoft Copilot continues to expose private GitHub repositories
A recent post alleged that ChatGPT (and, by association, Microsoft Copilot) was capable of accessing data from private GitHub repositories.
Thousands of exposed GitHub repositories, now private, can still be accessed through Copilot
Lasso extracted a list of repositories that were public at any point in 2024 and identified the repositories that had since been deleted or set to private. Using Bing’s caching mechanism, the company found more than 20,000 since-private GitHub repositories still had data accessible through Copilot, affecting more than 16,000 organizations.
Thousands of GitHub repositories exposed via Microsoft Copilot
Thousands of private GitHub repositories, some of which possibly contained credentials and other secrets, are being exposed through Microsoft Copilot, the company’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) virtual assistant, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researchers from Lasso reported their findings to Microsoft but got a mixed response.
Microsoft added GitHub Copilot in Windows Terminal Canary for free
Microsoft included GitHub Copilot for free in Windows Terminal Canary to help coders with their projects. Here's how to get it now.
Microsoft Copilot is helping people pirate Windows 11
Of course, activating Windows 11 in a less-than-legitimate way is nothing new. And the script that Copilot provides ...
Windows 11 pirates have a new and unlikely ally — Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot will share a guide on how to activate Windows 11 without a license, and you don't need to trick the tool to ...
Microsoft's own Copilot will tell you how to activate Windows 11 without a license
Since the discovery, the activation method has been independently verified by multiple sources including Windows Central and Laptop Mag. While the method itself is not new ...
Solving Copilot Sprawl And Siloes With Universal Agentic Orchestration
To effectively tackle copilot sprawl, enterprises can leverage an AI-native, agentic platform designed to harmonize multiple ...
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You can now attach images in GitHub Copilot chat and let the AI model solve tasks based on them
Microsoft has enhanced Copilot in GitHub with a significant improvement: users can now upload images to the chat to let the AI model illustrate their ideas effectively. Microsoft announced the new ...
If you ask nicely, Microsoft Copilot will help you activate Windows 11 for free
Some users are learning that they can turn to Microsoft Copilot for their questions about pirating Windows 11.
GitHub Copilot for Eclipse: AI-supported code completion
Microsoft is bringing GitHub Copilot into the Eclipse IDE –, but currently only with AI-supported code completion. An ...
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Google ramps up AI code assistant rivalry with Gemini, challenging Microsoft's GitHub Copilot
Google has launched a free version of Gemini Code Assist, providing developers with access to AI-powered code completion. The ...