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by shoeb00m 30 days ago
some Pipy packages were also attacked recently. And is even more vulnerable due to many projects using requirements.txt which doesn’t lock sub dependencies
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Sure, but the Python community isn't the paragon of software risk management excellence you may think it is.

Both Python and Node users (metaphorically) asked for a loaded revolver... They got a metaphorical high yield thermonuclear device with a large blast radius. (And then they skipped the safety tutorial for the B-83 they just bought.)