Megalodon cyberattack infects 5,500 GitHub open-source repositories with malware, researchers say
THE SO WHAT
An attack that touches 5,500 open-source repos is a systemic risk, not a one-off breach—your dependency tree is now a probable infection vector. Freeze non-critical updates this week, run SBOM and malware scans across your stack, and stop treating open source as "free" until you’ve priced in security overhead.
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