[$] The many failures leading to the LiteLLM compromise

LiteLLMis a gateway library providing access to a number of large language models(LLMs); it is popular and widely used. On March24, the word went outthat the version of LiteLLM found in the PythonPackage Index (PyPI) repository had beencompromised with information-stealing malware and downloaded thousands oftimes, sparking concern across the net. This may look like just anothersupply-chain attack - and it is - but the way it came about reveals justhow many weak links there are in the software supply chains that we alldepend on.