Ax Sharma writes:
The official Python software package repository, PyPI, is getting flooded with spam packages, as seen by BleepingComputer. These packages are named after different movies in a style that is commonly associated with torrents and “warez” sites hosting pirated content.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spammers-flood-pypi-with-pirated-movie-links-and-bogus-packages/
Hopefully something similar will not happen to CRAN, the network of ftp and web servers around the world that store identical, up-to-date, versions of code and documentation for R. There are several mirrors available – and the Institute for Data Science, Engineering, and Analytics (TH Köln) will be soon one of them.
