Cybercrooks breach Red Hat's private GitLab repos - what we know about affected customers

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Hackers have broken into Red Hat's private GitLab repositories. 
• Some Red Hat Consulting customers' information appears to have been stolen.
• How serious this breach is remains an open question.

A security breach will occur in every company's life. This time, it's Linux and cloud powerhouse Red Hat's turn. A newly surfaced cybercrime group calling itself Crimson Collective (also known as Eye Of Providence) claimed responsibility for breaching Red Hat's private GitLab repositories and stealing customer information and confidential source code.

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The group made the claim late Thursday on Telegram, posting screenshots allegedly showing directory listings from internal Red Hat projects. Red Hat has confirmed the breach. 

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