Today's data whoopsie is brought to you by CircleCI: Source safe, but look out for phishers

Today's data whoopsie is brought to you by CircleCI: Source safe, but look out for phishers

SF-based continuous delivery outfit says soz


Software testing and delivery company CircleCI has apologised for exposing user data to the world and its dog.


The company blamed a third-party analytics provider for the leak, which it was told about at the end of August. CircleCI is a continuous integration/continuous delivery software pipeline for Microsoft, Linux, Docker and macOS developers.


In a statement, the outfit said: "On August 31st, we became aware of a security incident involving CircleCI and a third-party analytics vendor. An attacker was able to improperly access some user data in our vendor account, including usernames and email addresses associated with GitHub and Bitbucket, along with user IP addresses and user agent strings. The engineering and security teams at CircleCI immediately revoked the access of the compromised user and quickly launched an investigation."


The company reassured users no ..

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