Cyber Intelligence

GemStuffer Abuses 150+ RubyGems to Exfiltrate Scraped U.K. Council Portal Data

Medium Severity Global
Date Occurred May 13, 2026 08:08 UTC
Event Type Cyber Intelligence
Source TheHackerNews
Recorded May 13, 2026
Full Description

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed GemStuffer that has targeted the RubyGems repository with more than 150 gems that use the registry as a data exfiltration chann

Event Metadata
  • ID #862
  • Type Cyber Intelligence
  • Region Global
  • Severity Medium
  • Indexed May 13, 2026