In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has ever been involved in software development, it turns out that aging Python scripts, once lauded as the cutting-edge of automation, now serve as the cyber equivalent of leaving your keys in the door and a note saying ‘Please, don’t rob us.’

Cybersecurity experts have unearthed a goldmine of vulnerabilities in these legacy Python packages. Who knew that using software so old it remembers the sound of dial-up internet would have any drawbacks? Certainly not the developers painstakingly avoiding version updates!

This discovery could potentially open the floodgates for supply chain compromises on PyPI. Indeed, nothing says ‘pertinent problem-solving’ like fixing a leaking roof by setting the house on fire and hoping for rain.