What Does 'Slopsquatting' Mean?

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A supply-chain attack where malicious actors publish fake packages under names that AI coding tools frequently hallucinate, exploiting the gap between a plausible-sounding library name and its actual existence.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"The AI hallucinated a package name, and of course someone had already slopsquatted it."

LORE & ORIGIN

Coined by security researchers once studies showed AI code assistants reliably hallucinate the same nonexistent package names across sessions, making them predictable targets to squat on.

FIRST SEEN

2024

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Agent / Developer Security)

CURRENT STATUS

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Related To:Vibe Hacking

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