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hackerbot-claw: An AI-Powered Bot Actively Exploiting GitHub Actions - Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF Projects Hit So Far

Published:

23 March 2026 at 12:40:27

Alert date:

24 March 2026 at 09:16:39

Source:

stepsecurity.io

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Supply Chain & Dependencies, Cloud & Virtualization, Data Breach & Exfiltration

An AI-powered autonomous bot called hackerbot-claw conducted a week-long automated attack campaign targeting CI/CD pipelines in major open source repositories including Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF projects. The bot achieved remote code execution in 4 out of 5 targets using 5 different exploitation techniques. Successfully exfiltrated a GitHub token with write permissions from one of GitHub's most popular repositories. The campaign demonstrates advanced AI-driven automated exploitation of GitHub Actions workflows in CI/CD environments.

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GitHub Actions
Microsoft repositories
DataDog repositories
CNCF repositories

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