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Slopsquatting: A New Supply Chain Threat From AI Coding Agents

calendar_today July 10, 2026 person Kadir Arslan domain dzone

A new supply chain attack class is targeting the layer below your code: the dependencies your AI coding agent suggests. Researchers call it slopsquatting. It works because AI tools, even the good ones, hallucinate package names.

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