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title: "GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/287250859.md"
description: "GitHub, acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion in 2018, is now struggling for survival due to recent outages, security vulnerabilities, and competition. Recent incidents include major outages, a remote code execution vulnerability, and a hack of internal repositories linked to a compromised VS Code extension. Current and former employees express concerns about the platform's future."
datetime: "2026-05-21T16:17:20.000Z"
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# GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft

When Microsoft announced it was acquiring GitHub in a $7.5 billion deal in 2018, developers were nervous. Some were concerned about Microsoft controlling GitHub, and others were taking a wait-and-see approach. Nearly eight years later, GitHub is now fighting for its survival, amid a surge of outages, security issues, and pressure from competitors.

In the last few weeks alone, GitHub had multiple major outages, a remote code execution vulnerability disclosure, and its internal code repositories hacked due to a "poisoned" VS Code extension on an employee's device. I've spoken to current and former GitHub employees who all paint a picture of a …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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