How GitHub gave every repository a durable owner
2026-07-15T07:23:26Z•3255ba104febb78ef1d0a6a15d54ee184c15a0ce39012817936d533b8939043b
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What happened
Collection of GitHub Security Blog posts (Apr–Jul 2026) covering platform-wide security work: mass repository ownership validation and archival, large-scale secret scanning improvements (signal/noise separation, context-aware LLM verification) and a 9‑month effort to reach inbox zero, recommendations for six baseline security settings for maintainers, growth and scaling of the GitHub Advisory Database, updates to the bug‑bounty program, a free Code Security Risk Assessment tool, and a public Secure Code Game to teach agentic‑AI security. Also includes two incident-focused posts requiring rapid
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- github_security_blog
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- 3255ba104febb78ef1d0a6a15d54ee184c15a0ce39012817936d533b8939043b
- Enrichment time
- 2026-07-15T07:23:26Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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