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I have not used pidgin in ages but used to use it all of the time. It was handy as a multi-messenger client for when everyone had to have a different messenger for some reason.

Archive: https://archive.today/F839v

From the post:

>The Pidgin messaging app removed the ScreenShareOTR plugin from its official third-party plugin list after it was discovered that it was used to install keyloggers, information stealers, and malware commonly used to gain initial access to corporate networks.

I have not used pidgin in ages but used to use it all of the time. It was handy as a multi-messenger client for when everyone had to have a different messenger for some reason. Archive: https://archive.today/F839v From the post: >>The Pidgin messaging app removed the ScreenShareOTR plugin from its official third-party plugin list after it was discovered that it was used to install keyloggers, information stealers, and malware commonly used to gain initial access to corporate networks.
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infiltrates repository

A plugin in the repository was malware.

Headline from original article is sensationalized. The repo is fine, there was just a bad plugin. Sounded like the whole repo server had malware, so that nothing could be trusted.