Malicious PyPI packages set sights on crypto wallet recovery passwords

Seven malicious Python Package Index packages, which amassed nearly 7,500 downloads prior to their removal, have been leveraged by threat actors to facilitate the exfiltration of cryptocurrency wallet recovery passwords.

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