August 16, 2026

Attackers hijacked over 1,500 Arch Linux packages to steal developers’ secrets, no hacking required

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One of the largest open-source package repositories just spent a weekend cleaning up after a malware campaign that did not break into anything. It did not need to. Attackers seized control of more than 1,500 packages in the Arch User Repository, or A...