# Megalodon chums the waters in 5.5K+ GitHub repo poisonings — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:theregister)  published 2026-05-22 18:57 ingested 2026-05-23 08:10

[Advanced Micro Devices Inc](https://highsignal.app/entities/AMD)[original source ↗](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/22/megalodon-chums-the-waters-in-55k-github-repo-poisonings/5245342)

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AI + ML
Minor edits to AI skills can make agents go rogue
Text is the new attack
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Hey, Gemini, how much can we earn from one pump-and-dump cycle?
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Zuck defends monitoring employees to win AI race in purported leaked audio
Limping Llama model needs a crutch made of surveillance tools
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Security
Megalodon chums the waters in 5.5K+ GitHub repo poisonings
Will Jason Statham save us?
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Feds unwittingly leak pilots' pre-crash conversation
Release of spectrogram of cockpit recorder audio allows conversation recovery with 'emerging' decades-old tech
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Minor edits to AI skills can make agents go rogue
Text is the new attack
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Hey, Gemini, how much can we earn from one pump-and-dump cycle?
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Zuck defends monitoring employees to win AI race in purported leaked audio
Limping Llama model needs a crutch made of surveillance tools
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Megalodon chums the waters in 5.5K+ GitHub repo poisonings
Will Jason Statham save us?
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