Preventing Crypto Mining abuse on GitLab.com SaaS

Recently, there has been a massive uptick in abuse of free pipeline minutes available on GitLab.com and on other CI/CD providers to mine cryptocurrencies. In addition to the cost increases, the abuse creates intermittent performance issues for GitLab.com users and requires our teams to work 24x7 to maintain optimal services for our customers and users. To discourage and reduce abuse, starting May 17th, 2021, GitLab will require new free users to provide a valid credit card in order to use shared...