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Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel
Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate immediately.
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Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate immediately. Official Red Hat NPM accounts have been compromised and used to push a malicious worm that spreads from machine to machine, where it pilfers sensitive credentials in hopes of stealing yet more confidential data, researchers said.
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