Jay Townsend
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Jay Townsend
@jay_townsend1
System administrator, avid interest in info sec, python programming, core dev of discover,theHarverster, DNSrecon #ADHD sufferer










Last night was wild. @netskymusic killed it 🫡


hackers are now hiding malicious code inside .cursorrules and CLAUDE.md files. invisible Unicode characters, your AI reads them, you don't. → 34 malicious packages across npm, PyPI and Crates .io → 384 versions designed to steal SSH keys, crypto wallets, and API tokens → attackers opened real PRs to LangChain, LlamaIndex, and MetaGPT to sneak these files in → your AI runs a fake "security scan" that silently exfiltrates everything Socket detected it in under 6 minutes. check your repos.









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