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The npm registry faces an unprecedented attack as the IndonesianFoods worm demonstrates a new paradigm in supply chain threats. Unlike traditional malware that steals credentials, this self-propagating worm publishes 12 packages per minute while exploiting the TEA Protocol blockchain reward system. By embedding tea.yaml files and creating circular dependencies between packages, attackers turned a legitimate system for compensating open-source contributors into a cryptocurrency mining operation powered by registry spam.
OpenAI's GPT-5.1 release brings significant performance improvements with two specialized variants. The Instant model processes complex queries 5x faster than GPT-5, while the Thinking variant achieved 94.6% on the AIME 2025 mathematics exam—more than doubling GPT-4's performance. These improvements demonstrate how AI models are becoming both more capable and more efficient at allocating computational resources.
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