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Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] excel@lemming.megumin.org 2 points 1 week ago

Why should they? AUR is still working as intended. It’s basically a public wiki of shell scripts, it was never intended to be secure in the first place. It has always been the user’s responsibility to review everything or avoid using it.