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A popular Python library just became a backdoor to your entire machine

https://www.xda-developers.com/popular-python-library-backdoor-machine/

It's one of the most popular Python libraries for interacting with large language models [...] It has over 40,000 stars on GitHub, and it's an important dependency in a lot of AI tooling. It's also been compromised on PyPI, and the malicious versions are stealing everything they can find on your machine.

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A popular Python library just became a backdoor to your entire machine

Supply chain attacks feel like they're becoming more and more common.

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@Khrys PyPI? pip? Say no more. https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/263602.html

PyPI is not trustworthy

I was dealing with a codebase S at work that uses a certain Python package N (I'll name it in the end, because its identity is so odious that it will distract from the topic at hand). Anyhow, S failed tests because N didn't work on my Fedora 35. That happened because S installed N with pip(1),…