Microsoft shut down dozens of GitHub code repositories for Azure and AI coding tools after a reported hack.

A major cyber scare has hit GitHub, with hackers from TeamPCP claiming they accessed nearly 4,000 private repositories, including internal source code.

The open source project said hackers stole its codebase and threatened to publish its source code if the company did not pay.

GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks that has impacted hundreds of organizations.