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How TeamPCP's Self-Propagating Worm Turned Open Source Into a Backdoor Factory

TeamPCP just demonstrated something terrifying: a worm that doesn't need human help to spread through open source ecosystems. It compromised npm tokens, poisoned packages, and used blockchain to stay untouchable.

6 min read 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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