Good riddance, TeamPCP. Now for the hard part.
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Summary
After AFP, FBI and WA Police announced the arrest of two men in their early 20s alleged to be TeamPCP, Aikido reflects on the group that cloned the Shai-Hulud worm (distinct from the original S1ngularity attacks) and blurred state, criminal and ideological lines, noting the ecosystem's core problems remain.
Why it matters
This incident analysis explains systemic gaps in package registry security exposed by recent malicious campaigns.
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--- id: 6744 title: "Good riddance, TeamPCP. Now for the hard part." source_domain: aikido.dev source_url: "https://www.aikido.dev/blog/teampcp-arrested-supply-chain" published_at: "2026-08-27T00:00:00Z" tags: ["supply-chain", "threat-intelligence", "malware", "npm", "aikido", "cybercrime", "shai-hulud", "software-supply-chain", "teampcp"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6744" lang: en --- # Good riddance, TeamPCP. Now for the hard part. ## Summary After AFP, FBI and WA Police announced the arrest of two men in their early 20s alleged to be TeamPCP, Aikido reflects on the group that cloned the Shai-Hulud worm (distinct from the original S1ngularity attacks) and blurred state, criminal and ideological lines, noting the ecosystem's core problems remain. ## Why it matters This incident analysis explains systemic gaps in package registry security exposed by recent malicious campaigns. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** aikido.dev - **Published:** 2026-08-27T00:00:00Z - **Original:** https://www.aikido.dev/blog/teampcp-arrested-supply-chain - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6744