Someone used my open source project to phish 14,000 people

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Summary

Andrej Acevski's open source project management tool, Kaneo, was used to send 14,520 phishing invitations to strangers over a three-hour period on May 28th.

Why it matters

The incident highlights the potential risks of open source projects being used for malicious activities.

Topics

open-source phishing security

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