Software downloaded 30,000 times from PyPI ransacked developers’ machines

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinJul 30, 2021, 7:54 am116 ptsTrending
Enlarge Open source packages downloaded an estimated 30,000 times from the PyPI open source repository contained malicious code that surreptitiously stole credit card data and login credentials and injected malicious code on infected machines, researchers said on Thursday. In a post, researchers Andrey…

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