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Threat actor attempted to slipstream a malware payload into yt-dlp's GitHub repo
- brutecat 2y agoTo be honest, I doubt it would've gotten merged anyways.
- pushupentry1219 2y agoYeah... This is clearly, obviously, malicious.
- vintagedave 2y agoEven the username of the submitter contains "evil". I feel like this has to be more of a joke than a real malware attempt...
- pajko 2y agoThe other thread has more repos listed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42118097 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42118097
- cedws 2y agoWhat does “slipstreamed” mean? Upon first look this just looks like a really lazy attempt, but maybe there’s something I’m missing. Jia Tan was at least clever about it.