RubyGems, the standard package manager for the Ruby programming language, has temporarily paused account sign ups following what has been described as a “major malicious attack.””We’re dealing with a major malicious attack on Ruby Gems right now,” Maciej Mensfeld, senior product manager for software supply chain security at Mend.io, said in a post on X. “Signups are paused for the time being.
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