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Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories
An attacker hijacked an AI coding assistant session and used it to spread the Shai-Hulud malware across roughly 100 repositories, according to The Hacker News. The report describes the incident as a session hijacking of an AI coding assistant, with the malware propagating to about 100 repositories. The source does not name the assistant, the vendor, or the affected organizations. The stated consequence is that the compromised session led to malware distribution across approximately 100 repositories.
The report indicates that a compromised AI coding assistant session can be used to push malware into many repositories at once.
