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ChainDrop credential stealing worm infects over 400 npm packages
A self-propagating worm-like attack is hitting the npm registry, having infected 444 packages from more than a dozen publishers so far.
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A self-propagating worm-like attack is hitting the npm registry, having infected 444 packages from more than a dozen publishers so far. The impact is massive, with the packages affected amounting to more than 2 billion monthly downloads combined.
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