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Slopsquatting: When AI Hallucinated Package Names Become a Supply Chain Attack
LLMs hallucinate package names at rates exceeding 20%. Attackers register those hallucinated names on npm and PyPI with malicious payloads. No typo required — the developer trusts the AI. This post explains the mechanics, documents the evidence, and gives developers concrete defenses.
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Hallucination as a Security Surface: Package Fabrication, Fake Credentials, and Confident Wrong Advice
LLM hallucination isn't just a reliability problem — it's an attack surface. Fabricated package names, fake credentials, and wrong security advice create real, exploitable gaps.