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Python package security in 2026: How supply chain attacks are targeting your AI development environment

On March 24, 2026, developers building AI applications with LiteLLM — a Python package with 95 million monthly downloads — unknowingly installed malicious code.

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On March 24, 2026, developers building AI applications with LiteLLM — a Python package with 95 million monthly downloads — unknowingly installed malicious code. A threat actor group known as TeamPCP had compromised the PyPI distribution pipeline and pushed malicious versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 to the package index.

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