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Two Alleged TeamPCP Supply-Chain Hackers Arrested in Australia

2026-08-27 21:01 UTC · Krebs on Security · read the source ↗ #supply-chain#arrest#open-source
  • Engineer — Learn: TeamPCP allegedly planted malicious open-source packages in the longest-running supply-chain attack spree on record; no specific package names are yet attributed in this report, so monitor follow-on coverage for affected libraries and run a dependency audit once IOCs are published.
  • SOC/IR — Learn: No IOCs or ATT&CK-mappable TTPs are provided in current reporting; treat this as a campaign retrospective to inform supply-chain threat modeling once fuller technical details emerge from the prosecution.
  • Leader — Plan: A group blamed for compromising thousands of businesses via malicious open-source software has been arrested; brief leadership on supply-chain risk posture this quarter and establish a watch for any vendor or package attribution that surfaces from the AFP investigation.
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