{
  "id": 26930,
  "title": "Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/arch-linux-disables-aur-package-adoption-26930",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-07-31T13:38:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1086489/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Arch Linux DevOps team has announced that adoption of orphaned packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) has been disabled due to \" the current influx of malicious package adoptions and follow-up commits made via the AUR \". Michael Taggart has posted a brief analysis of the malware being added to a long list of packages in this round of attacks. The payload appears to be an remote-access…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Lobsters",
        "title": "Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/arch-linux-disables-aur-package-adoption",
        "published": "2026-07-31T22:03:47.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}