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MALICIOUS (1) campaign cataloged at 2026-08-04(2).

  1. The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
  2. This is just the date of creating the catalog entry. It may not reflect the date of creation of the campaign itself.

2026-08-coldcard-helpers

When installing the package or importing the module, code starts a background task collecting sensitive data, like sensitive environment variables, private keys for cryptocurrency wallets, SSH keys, and so on to a Telegram channel.

Abuse categories

exfiltration_credentials

The package attempts to steal credentials, like passwords or API keys.

exfiltration_crypto

The package attempts to steal sensitive cryptocurrency-related data, like wallet keys.

exfiltration_env_variables

Campaign uses exfiltration_env_variables.

exfiltration_ssh_keys

Campaign uses exfiltration_ssh_keys.

override_install

The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

uses-telegram-bot

Telegram Bot is used for malicious purposes

Packages in the campaign

campaign:2026-08-coldcard-helpers