MY MINUTE-BY-MINUTE RESPONSE TO THE LITELLM MALWARE ATTACK

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

An engineer discovered and responded to a supply chain attack on the LiteLLM PyPI package, which began as a routine investigation into a frozen laptop. Using Claude Code, they quickly identified the malicious `litellm_init.pth` file designed to steal credentials, exfiltrate data, and establish persistence. From the first symptom to public disclosure and reporting to PyPI security and LiteLLM maintainers, the entire incident was resolved in just 72 minutes.