Re:GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their inte...
by bartread on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @06:16AM
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> I wonder if that threat is now much more severe in the age of AI.
It is. I've been using Codex to analyse repositories en masse for a project I'm working on now[0]. Codex, Claude (my usual weapon of choice), etc., make pretty short work of looking for all kinds of problems and antipatterns in large codebases.
[0] Before any wags chime in, no, I'm not the one who hacked Nx and exported 4000 internal GitHub repos. I'm talking about a legitimate client project for a reputable company!
It is. I've been using Codex to analyse repositories en masse for a project I'm working on now[0]. Codex, Claude (my usual weapon of choice), etc., make pretty short work of looking for all kinds of problems and antipatterns in large codebases.
[0] Before any wags chime in, no, I'm not the one who hacked Nx and exported 4000 internal GitHub repos. I'm talking about a legitimate client project for a reputable company!