Supply Chain Attacks
RubyGems Suspends New Signups After a 500-Package Malicious Flood (May 2026)
On 12-13 May 2026, RubyGems was hit by a coordinated spam-publishing flood that pushed 500+ malicious packages from newly-registered bot accounts. The registry paused new signups and re-enabled them on 16 May after tightening rate limiting with Fastly.
May 14, 20269 min read