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Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram forks that allow attackers to read arbitrary files on compromised servers. [...]

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