Technology19 May 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Hackers have compromised dozens of popular open source packages in an ongoing s…

Hackers have compromised several popular open source projects relied on by software developers all over the world in an ongoing cyberattack. On Tuesday, cybers…

Hackers have compromised several popular open source projects relied on by software developers all over the world in an ongoing cyberattack. On Tuesday, cybersecurity firms StepSecurity and SafeDep warned of the latest wave of so-called “supply chain” attacks, which aim to compromise developers of popular open source projects and use that access to plant malicious updates that are pushed to users downstream. According to SafeDep, hackers took over the account of one developer and re…

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