With attacks on popular repositories on the rise, PyPI has moved to head off a common technique for duping developers. Here’s what it accomplishes — and where there’s room for improvement.
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RL discovered how the crypto contracts were abused — and how this incident is tied to a larger campaign to promote malicious packages on top repositories.
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