---
title: "Wider use of HTTPS could have prevented attack against GitHub"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/wider-use-of-https-could-have-prevented-attack-against-github/"
date: "2015-04-02T03:05:21+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Cyber Attack"
  - "Software Security"
source: "csoonline.com"
source_url: "http://www.csoonline.com/article/2905320/data-protection/wider-use-of-https-could-have-prevented-attack-against-github.html"
---

# Wider use of HTTPS could have prevented attack against GitHub

April 2, 2015 · Reported by csoonline.com

> The unique attack method used to disrupt the code-sharing site GitHub over the last week could have been prevented if more websites enabled encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Wednesday.
>
> The attack against GitHub was enabled by someone tampering with regular website traffic to unrelated Chinese websites, all of which used a JavaScript analytics and advertising related tool from Baidu.

[Read the full article at csoonline.com](http://www.csoonline.com/article/2905320/data-protection/wider-use-of-https-could-have-prevented-attack-against-github.html)

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