Md Ismail Šojal 🕷️(@0x0SojalSec):BREAKING : Alleged TeamPCP operators arrested in Perth. A 21-year-old from Cottesloe is alleged to have led TeamPCP the group behind Shai-Hulud and Mini Shai-Hulud worms that poisoned open-source packages used by millions. How did two men in their early 20s allegedly compromise packages with 500M+ downloads? Ruben Ian Thomson, 21, and Louis Michael Gaebler, 23, arrested in Perth. Police say they were principal participants in TeamPCP’s self-propagating supply-chain campaign. Hundreds of millions in estimated remediation costs. More arrests possible.

2026.08.27 12:37

BREAKING : Alleged TeamPCP operators arrested in Perth. A 21-year-old from Cottesloe is alleged to have led TeamPCP the group behind Shai-Hulud and Mini Shai-Hulud worms that poisoned open-source packages used by millions. How did two men in their early 20s allegedly compromise packages with 500M+ downloads? Ruben Ian Thomson, 21, and Louis Michael Gaebler, 23, arrested in Perth. Police say they were principal participants in TeamPCP’s self-propagating supply-chain campaign. Hundreds of millions in estimated remediation costs. More arrests possible.