Python Repository Temporarily Halted New Signups, Citing 'Volume of Malicious Projects'

On Saturday PyPI, the official third-party registry of open source Python packages, "temporarily suspended new users from signing up, and new projects from being uploaded to the platform" reports BleepingComputer.
"The volume of malicious users and malicious projects being created on the index in the past week has outpaced our ability to respond to it in a timely fashion, especially with multiple PyPI administrators on leave," stated an incident notice posted by PyPI admins Saturday.
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