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 # SilverStripe Security Checker
 
+**WARNING**: As of January 2021, this module no longer works because the underlying service has been shut down (see [announcement](https://github.com/sensiolabs/security-checker) and [discussion](https://github.com/bringyourownideas/silverstripe-composer-security-checker/issues/57))
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