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Sead Fadilpašić

Gmail servers hijacked by malicious PyPI packages to spread havoc - here's how to stay safe

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  • Socket found seven malicious packages on PyPI
  • The packages were abusing Gmail and WebSocket
  • They were removed from the platform
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