OpenAI asks macOS users to update after TanStack npm supply chain attack

2026-05-15T08:52:02Zfa7893d4a1cc5eabc376de6e62b242cbaeebd517e1d354c0e3cfc8e6d2efaba4
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What happened

Multiple cybersecurity and policy stories: OpenAI warned macOS users to update after an expanding supply‑chain campaign that compromised the popular TanStack library and additional npm and PyPI packages tied to several AI companies. Other items cover U.S. election‑threat coordination by ODNI, the arrest of an alleged Dream Market administrator, the European Commission push for laws delaying teen access to social media, and proposed UK reforms to the Computer Misuse Act to better protect security researchers.

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