Millions of users of GitHub, the premier online platform for sharing open-source software, rely on stars to establish their software product’s credibility. But new research from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science shows this star-based system has grown star-crossed.
Fraudsters use fake stars to game Github, scam users
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