# Worm armed 42 GitHub repos by hiding a payload too big to fail

- Source: The Register
- Published: 2026-10-26T22:29:01+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/26/worm-armed-42-github-repos-by-hiding-a-payload-too-big-to-fail/5305570
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/worm-armed-42-github-repos-by-hiding-a-payload-too-big-to-fail-e39dd5/

Payload blobs measuring 12.9 to 13.7 MB were large enough to evade GitHub code search

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