OpenAI asks macOS users to update after TanStack npm supply chain attack
2026-05-14T20:51:57Z•8fa71888280586f259e3fd52674bbc082a3c72efb46e071d68f8c49cb948a07a
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Multiple cybersecurity and policy developments: OpenAI urged macOS users to update after a supply-chain campaign compromised the popular TanStack library and other npm and PyPI packages linked to several AI companies. ODNI director Tulsi Gabbard assigned officials to coordinate U.S. spy agency responses to foreign threats targeting the 2026 elections. German authorities arrested an alleged Dream Market administrator following a U.S. indictment. The European Commission president pushed for new rules to delay teens’ access to social media via age-verification laws. The UK proposed reforms to the
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