A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

Wired · May 21, 2026, 9:00 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.

GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks that has impacted hundreds of organizations.

Read full story on Wired → More top stories

Also covered by

Hacker News Colorado Amended SB051 (Age Verification Bill) to Exclude Open Source Projects

Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from Wired alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place. Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

Also covered by

More in ai