GitHub Starts Blocking Russian Users’ Accounts

Although Russia is expected to end the war in the coming days, the sanctions imposed on the country continue unabated. This time, a sanction came from GitHub, especially for the Russian people, who have been subjected to many restrictions on the internet.

GitHub is a storage service that has been used by developers for a long time. GitHub users at the same time working on different developers and different projects are also provided. For this reason, it is a very important platform for developers to develop themselves and establish new collaborations in many areas such as software services. However, with an announcement published today, it was announced that GitHub will block Russian users and cannot benefit from these services.

Russia’s local bank accounts are also blocked

The news that GitHub blocked Russian accounts was first shared by Russian media Habr. Habr, in his post that a large number of Russian users have their accounts blocked and included in their corporate accounts. reported. So what exactly did that mean? Blocking personal accounts on GitHub puts a sign that users have blocked their account, instantly cutting off their access to the system. However, the situation is slightly different when a corporate account is blocked. Corporate accounts are flagged just like personal accounts, but storage data can be accessed for a few more hours. At the same time, account requests are suspended in both cases.

This situation also affected Russia’s largest local banks Sberbank, Alfa-Bank and other important companies and their accounts were suspended. Many personal account holders in the country also They received emails about the sanctions and were asked to fill out a petition. In the statement from GitHub on the subject, it was announced that all users in the country will not be blocked, and the investigations continue. With this “GitHub’s vision is to be the home for all developers, wherever they are. We also take seriously our responsibility to thoroughly review government mandates to ensure that users and customers are not affected beyond their scope.” In the statement that continued with his words, it was stated that they aimed to protect cooperation and free information flows.