# Australian police charge two men over alleged TeamPCP supply-chain attacks

_Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 7:56 AM EDT · Security · Latest · Tier 1 — Major_

Australian Federal Police charged two Western Australian men with a combined 14 offences over their alleged role in TeamPCP, a group linked to March compromises of Trivy, Checkmarx KICS and LiteLLM. Police allege the campaign used stolen publishing credentials to distribute poisoned releases through trusted project channels. Authorities said malicious code potentially compromised more than 1,000 organizations, while the article notes the charges do not name a specific compromised project.

## Sources

- [The Hacker News](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/alleged-teampcp-hackers-charged-in.html)

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