Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific
2026-04-11T19:23:44Z•bae461c461a00c33b8015e6d414feda64986d8e9694016db6c8d7222f487fce8
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What happened
Aggregated security and privacy items from Schneier’s blog: a confirmed Python supply‑chain compromise in PyPI package litellm (v1.82.8) — a wheel containing a malicious .pth (litellm_init.pth) that executes on interpreter startup; growing concerns about cloud security after a government review found Microsoft’s cloud offering lacked documentation and left evaluators unable to assess its security posture; Hong Kong police authority to compel disclosure of encryption keys/passwords under revised National Security Law enforcement rules (risk to travelers and device privacy); a company (WebinarTV
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
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- schneier_blog
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- bae461c461a00c33b8015e6d414feda64986d8e9694016db6c8d7222f487fce8
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-11T19:23:44Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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