Ransomware rakes in record-breaking $450 million in first half of 2024
error code: 1106
Crypto enthusiasts have lately been flooding software registries like npm and PyPI with thousands of bogus packages that add no functional value and instead put a strain on the entire open source ecosystem.
A single instance, recorded by Sonatype in July 2024, saw 281,512 distinct packages appearing on the npmjs.com registry overnight — each package named a gibberish Latin phrase akin to Lorem Ipsum.
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