MAL-2026-901 Malicious code in platforms (PyPI)

During importing, the code automatically starts a Telegram bot designed to download and save files locally upon a specific message in the channel. While this seems to have limited harm, this behavior is not disclosed and involved packages have typosquatting-like names. The core code is in the "platforms" package

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2026-02-old-platforms

Reasons (based on the campaign):

• other

• typosquatting

• The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package