Apparently there’s a bunch of projects getting hit with this, fairly obscure ones though. Project gets forked, suddenly get a pile of stars more than the original, and then there’s a curl-bash pipe inserted into it that runs some ransomeware that encrypts ~/Documents.
About a dozen other projects linked in here from another developer (excuse the Reddit link): https://old.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/1jbzuot/someone_copied_our_github_project_made_it_look/
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Tru. With Windows defender 💪 i can downloat evry .exe from ze internetz. I currently installing Gta 6 early 😎
I’d rather have ass-cancer.
I tried that, I ended up with this weird “Windows 11” adware installed and couldn’t get rid of it. There was also a problem with odd programs and advertising showing up in my Start Menu, even after I removed them. Also, my settings would occasionally just change, without my knowledge or permission.
You can’t get a virus if your computer’s already dependent on one!
moar virus onn windows
Sounds legit, thank you.