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Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen by terom on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:37AM (#34078145)
How so? It refutes that right there in the advisory:

> Okta does not rely on the confidentiality of its source code as a means to secure its services.

Would it be more professional for them to host their code in a public repo?

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Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen by robertlagrant on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:44AM (#34078168)
It might be, yes. With the right protections on pull requests.
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Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen by bennyelv on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @05:03AM (#34078709)
Did they decide that that was their strategy before or after this breach occurred?

They were trying to keep their source code secure, and they failed. Not a great look for a company that ask you to trust them with all of your user accounts.

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Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen by grishka on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:19AM (#34079214)
Yes? What do they have to gain from the code not being public?
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Re:Okta says its GitHub account hacked, source code stolen by madcadmium on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @07:10PM (#34088086)
Competitive advantage?
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