Arch Linux AUR malware hits 1,579 packages (opens in new tab)

Arch Linux developers responded to a malware incident in the Arch User Repository after malicious commits were identified in 1,579 user-contributed packages, up from earlier counts of more than 400 affected packages. Slashdot cited the final message in the incident thread, which said developers had deleted all known malicious commits; the referenced list said it included many, but not all, affected packages. The compromise affected AUR, a community-maintained package catalog separate from Arc...