Nishal Singh

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Software horror: litellm PyPI supply chain attack.

Simple `pip install litellm` was enough to exfiltrate SSH keys, AWS/GCP/Azure creds, Kubernetes configs, git credentials, env vars (all your API keys), shell history, crypto wallets, SSL private keys, CI/CD secrets, database passwords.

LiteLLM itself has 97 million downloads per month which is already terrible, but much worse, the contagion spreads to any project that depends on litellm. For example, if you did `pip install dspy` (which depended on litellm>=1.64.0), you'd also be pwnd. Same for any other large project that depended on litellm.

Afaict the poisoned version was up for only less than ~1 hour. The attack had a bug which led to its discovery - Callum McMahon was using an MCP plugin inside Cursor that pulled in litellm as a transitive dependency. When litellm 1.82.8 installed, their machine ran out of RAM and crashed. So if the attacker didn't vibe code this attack it could have been undetected for many days or weeks.

Supply chain attacks like this are basically the scariest thing imaginable in modern software. Every time you install any depedency you could be pulling in a poisoned package anywhere deep inside its entire depedency tree. This is especially risky with large projects that might have lots and lots of dependencies. The credentials that do get stolen in each attack can then be used to take over more accounts and compromise more packages.

Classical software engineering would have you believe that dependencies are good (we're building pyramids from bricks), but imo this has to be re-evaluated, and it's why I've been so growingly averse to them, preferring to use LLMs to "yoink" functionality when it's simple enough and possible.

[Jesse February @Jesse_Feb]

Gukesh is the youngest chess player (and the only minor) on the FIDE top 100 list.

If he wins the Candidates, he’ll have a chance to become the youngest ever World Chess Champion!! Kasparov and Carlsen were both 22, Tal & Karpov were 24 and Kramnik was 25.

[GothamChess @GothamChess]

Tomorrow:

Hikaru (8) vs. Gukesh (8.5)
Caruana (8) vs Nepomniachtchi (8)

For the first time in chess history, 4 players can win the Candidates entering the final round.

Unreal drama.

[Chandra R. Srikanth @chandrarsrikant]

🚨 Scoop confirmed: Chennai Metro rail onboards ONDC, launches end-to-end ticketing

Chennai Metro passengers can now buy tickets through the ONDC network.

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) said that it is the first Metro rail service in India to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).

@ChristinMP_ reports

https://t.co/cv9UKb0jcB

[Soumith Chintala @soumithchintala]

If you have questions about why Meta open-sources its AI, here's a clear answer in Meta's earnings call today from @finkd

[Nishal Singh @nishalrd]

@airindia

Had a fantastic flight 564 to Chennai Today. Thanks to Thameem for being supportive. Best hospitality.

[George Mack @george__mack]

2. Elon Musk's Trees

8 years ago, Musk was asked how he learns so fast:

"It's important to view knowledge as a semantic tree. Make sure you understand the fundamental principles before you get into the details."

[Nishal Singh @nishalrd]

@paraschopra @threadreaderapp unroll

[Nishal Singh @nishalrd]

@krupakhar1 Funny thing about the movie is, second year laye control Ku vandhruchu ba 🤦🏾‍♂️

[Trevor Noah @Trevornoah]

There are people fighting to walk around a supermarket without a mask because they think it’s their “right”.

Then there are people screaming at someone who’s sitting alone in an empty park, for not wearing their mask.

Why is common sense so uncommon?

[Nishal Singh @nishalrd]

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