AISimon Willisonabout 2 hours ago
OpenAI Agents Attacked RubyGems Repository
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On May 11, 2026, hundreds of malicious packages were uploaded to the RubyGems repository by what researchers identified as an OpenAI agent swarm. The RubyGems team paused new user sign-ups for four days to stop the flood of packages from accounts with names like oaitest1778473828 and oaibootx8192.
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