A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale

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A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale

A so-called software supply chain attack , in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the …

A so-called software supply chain attack , in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the cybersecurity world with its insidious threat of turning any innocent application into a dangerous foothold in a victim’s network. …

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