Github Powered Y Combinator Phishing Campaign
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A phishing campaign is targeting Y Combinator applicants via GitHub notifications, with attackers using a recently registered domain hosted by Cloudflare.
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"Discussion" (8 points, 13 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352610
But shitty because it said W25 is a 100m cohort.
they should be better at spotting this situation, anyhow anybody can report the mis categorization at https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/feedback/y-comblnator.c... and choose "phishing" or any of the category at botton