Stack Overflow security incident

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{
  "date_str": "2019-05-17",
  "title": "Stack Overflow security incident",
  "slug": "stack-overflow-security-incident",
  "type": "security",
  "body": "<p>Stack Overflow's source code was exfiltrated and personally identifiable information of around 250 users were inadvertently accessed. The intrusion, originated on May 5, was discovered upon a privilege escalation that alarmed the community who notified Stack Overflow on May 12.</p>",
  "links": [
    {
      "text": "blog",
      "url": "https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/05/17/update-to-security-incident-may-17-2019/"
    },
    {
      "text": "postmortem",
      "url": "https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/25/a-deeper-dive-into-our-may-2019-security-incident/"
    }
  ]
},