GitHub was forced to change its RSA SSH key today, after the private key was briefly exposed in a public GitHub repository. That’s why users who connected today to GitHub.com via SSH got a ...

Hanley, who is also GitHub's SVP of Engineering, said that they quickly contained the exposure and investigated the root cause of the issue. GitHub's RSA SSH Private Key Accidentally Leaked to Public!

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GitHub hastens to replace its RSA SSH host key after an exposure mishap threatens users with man-in-the-middle attacks and organization impersonation.