VS Code flaw exposes GitHub OAuth tokens via one-click attack on GitHub.dev, enabling private repo access and token theft.

A VS Code vulnerability in GitHub.dev lets attackers steal full GitHub OAuth tokens via a single malicious link, exposing all private repositories.

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David Temkin is a Silicon Valley technologist and entrepreneur. He is the editor-in-chief of In Formation. It was 1992. There were no smartphones. The internet was for academics, and there was no web ...