Over 170K Users Hit by Fake Python Infrastructure

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Over 170K Users Hit by Fake Python Infrastructure

Summary:

An unidentified group of threat actors orchestrated a supply chain attack, aiming at members of the Top.gg GitHub organization and individual developers. Their main goal was to inject malicious code into the code ecosystem. As a result, the attackers successfully impacted over 170,000 users by introducing malicious dependencies through a fabricated Python infrastructure linked to GitHub projects.

Threat Level – Red | Attack Report

 

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