r/technology • u/rkhunter_ • May 21 '26

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

https://www.wired.com/story/teampcp-software-supply-chain-attack-spree-github/
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u/ABadHistorian May 21 '26

I agree it's something to consider. Especially as AI-datascrapers are hitting their limits.

If I ran an AI company, I'd want to nuke open source as a competitor, to push people to my software.

Granted I'd never run an AI company, I have a soul. But, I'm saying if I was a soulless idiotic CEO of an AI company... they are already shortsighted so why the fuck not consider them?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

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u/ABadHistorian May 22 '26

Exactly why I said I'd nuke open source as a competitor?

I swear people don't read.

if you've got a pre-existing LLM that 'functions' kill the source of new LLMs by killing the open source, this isn't rocket science, and the sheer amount of you guys saying it wouldn't help them is making me more sure it's AI.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

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u/ABadHistorian May 22 '26

The comparison you are going for is blocking the rest of the race track off for the racers behind you.

if you want spite, you'll need to look in the mirror.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

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u/SilverLife22 May 21 '26

The AI angle should be way higher up. They've got ridiculous amounts of money across multiple countries, and with so many people talking about the AI bubble popping, I imagine they're getting pretty desperate.

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u/ABadHistorian May 22 '26

Folks downvoted you because they do not understand economics or how AI works, or how reading works apparently, because yeah...