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Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages
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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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I got a notification about a package that changed the maintainer that looks rather suspicious to me... So i would still be careful...
https://aur.archlinux.org/account/svantehedlund
That user doesn't seem to be blocked... So there might still be more going on.
Very normal looking. /s