If this package is installed
Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.
Details
Source: kam193 (c2197ee3bfb727ff46f407a50a515013ad05c423bfe202eea90eb6b593f08b14)
Package is likely a dependency confusion against some legitimate extension packages for TensorFlow but contains just cryptominers. When calling the "start" method, the cryptominer is copied from the package directory to the main TensorFlow installation dir, and the cryptomining for a hardcoded wallet starts.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-02-old-tensorflow-opt
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- impersonation
- dependency-confusion
- cryptominer