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An OpenAI Agent Swarm Attacked RubyGems

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In May 2026, hundreds of malicious gems showed up on RubyGems.org, uploaded by an OpenAI agent swarm. The RubyHack.ai writeup and Aaron Patterson's account both cover it, and together they're worth reading in full. Here's the tl;dr version. The packages didn't try hard to hide, according to Socket.…

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  1. 2026-09-14 18:42 · DEV Community — AI
    An OpenAI Agent Swarm Attacked RubyGems

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