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[arch-announce] Active AUR malicious packages incident
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Campbell Jones 12 Jun '26

12 Jun '26

We are currently experiencing a high volume of malicious package adoptions and updates in the Arch User Repository. We are actively working to track down existing malicious commits and attempting to prevent additional malicious commits from being pushed. While this is happening, and while we work to create a more permanent solution, users may see issues with the following: - Creating new accounts on the AUR - Pushing package updates - Adopting or creating new packages We continue to encourage all users of AUR packages to review *all* PKGBUILD and install script changes when updating, especially during this time. If you notice suspicious commits to a package that you use, please reach out to Arch staff via the aur-general mailing list with more information. URL: https://archlinux.org/news/active-aur-malicious-packages-incident/

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[arch-announce] Arch Linux 2026 Leader Election Results
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Christian Heusel 04 Jun '26

04 Jun '26

Recently we held our leader elections and after a lively discussion period on the (internal) mailing lists and voting phase with two candidates [**Levente "anthraxx" Polyák**](https://archlinux.org/people/developers/#anthraxx) was re-elected as Arch Linux Project Lead. As per [our election rules][0] he is re-elected with the term lasting two years. The role of of the project lead within Arch Linux is connected to [a bunch of responsibilities][1] regarding decision making (when no consensus can be reached), community leadership, Code of Conduct enforcement, handling financial matters with SPI and overall project management tasks. **Congratulations to Levente, thank you for stepping up to serve this community and all the best wishes for another successful term! 🥳** [0]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DeveloperWiki:Project_Leader#Election [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DeveloperWiki:Project_Leader#Roles URL: https://archlinux.org/news/arch-linux-2026-leader-election-results/

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