They thought they were downloading Claude Code source. They got a nasty dose of malware instead

Theregister | 03-04-2026 06:37am |

Source code with a side of Vidar stealer and GhostSocks Tens of thousands of people eagerly downloaded the leaked Claude Code source code this week, and some of those downloads came with a side of credential-stealing malware....

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