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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 00:19:03 JST Aral Balkan

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   @BleepingComputer @FinchHaven You create a leaderboard, it will be gamed.

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     BleepingComputer (bleepingcomputer@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 00:19:04 JST BleepingComputer

     GitHub has a problem with inauthentic "stars" used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories to appear more popular, helping them reach more unsuspecting users.

     https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-31-million-fake-stars-on-github-projects-used-to-boost-rankings/