Programming on misczak.com https://misczak.com/tags/programming/ Recent content in Programming on misczak.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en blog@misczak.com (John Misczak) blog@misczak.com (John Misczak) © 2026 John Misczak Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 About the Ruby Central Security Incident https://misczak.com/posts/2025/10-09-about-the-ruby-central-security-incident/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 blog@misczak.com (John Misczak) https://misczak.com/posts/2025/10-09-about-the-ruby-central-security-incident/ <p>Recently, Ruby Central, the non-profit responsible for maintaining the RubyGems package manager, suffered a security incident where they temporarily lost control of their AWS account. They have since <a href="https://rubycentral.org/news/rubygems-org-aws-root-access-event-september-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">published a post-mortem</a> of this event that is ostensibly aimed at putting their community’s minds at ease. Unfortunately, it had the opposite effect on me, causing me to come away with more questions than answers.</p>