From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc
https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/
Arch Linux has disabled new account registrations on the Arch
User Repository (AUR) as they work to contain a malware campaign
that swept through the community package repository last week.
The AUR is where Arch users look in for software that has not
made it into the official repositories yet. It is community-run
and unsupported, meaning packages are user-submitted with no
safety guarantee from the Arch team.
Over 1,500 packages were hit in the first wave alone, and two
more waves followed shortly after developers thought they had
it cleaned up.
. . .
If nobody's WATCHING the Evil People WILL move in !
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