What's the biggest damage someone could have done with that info?

- Download all the source code and look for vulnerabilities at their leisure.

- Depending on whether they use GH for deployments they can also introduce features to production that can help them

As an example, there is a hacking group tracked as "Atlas Lion" that has been persistently targeting large retailers' internal systems to steal gift cards that they resell on gray markets for a profit.

I don't believe exploiting GitHub repos for initial access is part of their playbook, but there have been plenty of examples in recent years of attackers gaining access to internal infrastructure via secrets exposed in GitHub (whether in code or Actions workflows). Just this year, attackers got into Salesloft's GitHub, pivoted to their AWS environment, and stole OAuth tokens that gave them access to hundreds of Salesforce customers.

tell us your story

So many people are telling this story. Ryan Holiday, Mark Manson, Michael Easter, Marcus Aurelius.

How can you ID these guys if they get a new passport. Changed hairstyle and do some surgery to the face?

The US doesn't protect the data broker industry for nothing. Unless you go no contact with your entire past life, they'll connect the dots.

Their name and date of birth?

With enough contacts and corrupt government officials those can be changed.

Of course, there's also biometrics - since 9/11 especially the US takes your photo and fingerprint when you try to enter the country. Only a matter of time before DNA is added (honestly surprised it's not a thing yet).

1 waymo car delivering 10 hamburgers to 5 different houses better than 5 cars on the street.

It's nature's way of communicating to the next generation. That is crazy and beautiful.

Pretty cynical and tone-deaf comment in this context, in my opinion.

Molecular evidence was notably described in nematodes, so epigenetic inheritance is a very old mechanism. I don't think you could describe molecular transgenerational trauma as beautiful, or useful adaptation regarding human life. Especially considering the artificial nature of every famine in today's world, where we are producing enough food to feed all humans on earth three times over.

Ghibli! I didn't expect someone would make this comment!

If there's a photo op opportunity I'm sure you would be.

Would you be willing to teach me how to do this. Develop a course from my expertise (programming/python/whatever) for like 20% of the profits?

Can you expand on the last one? Is there no market (providers/demand) for this right now?