Australian police arrested two alleged members of hacking group TeamPCP in Perth, charging them with multiple cybercrime and money laundering offenses linked to widespread software supply chain attacks. Court appearances are scheduled for Thursday. Authorities say the pair compromised and tampered with open-source projects to distribute malicious code, steal credentials and data, and extort thousands of organizations. The campaign reportedly affected tools like Trivy and LiteLLM, and companies including AI startup Mercor. Investigators, assisted by cybersecurity firms and the FBI, seized devices and large troves of suspected stolen data and plan to notify victims. U.S. prosecutors have not yet confirmed any extradition request, leaving cross-border legal steps uncertain.
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