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Modern Developer Tools as Attack Surfaces: Lessons from Shai-Hulud (sitezwin.com)
6 points by meel-hd 201 days ago
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But why did the bots star his repo? What was the benefit from that?
I have the same question, but there is no answer. Other people reported the same thing around the same time that happened to me. I guess to avoid bot detection, but not sure.