DEALING WITH (HYPOTHETICAL) SHAM PACKAGES

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This post discusses a hypothetical scenario where a malicious package, a "Swindle" in the "Sham" language ecosystem, is introduced into a software supply chain. In this case, an engineer might unknowingly merge a malicious update through automated dependency management, leading to potential security breaches. It then goes over how to discover the compromise and deal with it properly.