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Malicious Python packages on PyPI downloaded 39,000-plus times, steal sensitive data

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By Ravie Lakshmanan

Two of the packages, bitcoinlibdbfix and bitcoinlib-dev, masquerade as fixes for recent issues detected in a legitimate Python module called bitcoinlib, according to ReversingLabs. A third package discovered by Socket, disgrasya, contained a fully automated carding script targeting WooCommerce stores.

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