PyPI Supply Chain Attack Compromises LiteLLM, Enabling the Exfiltration of Sensitive Information

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Discovered by FutureSearch researcher Callum McMahon, a supply chain attack against LiteLLM on PyPI resulted in over 40K downloads of a compromised version that installed a malicious payload capable of harvesting and exfiltrating sensitive information. LiteLLM is downloaded roughly 3M times per day. By Sergio De Simone