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Hackers poison arrayref Rust crate to push infostealer malware

Hackers breached the maintainer account for the popular Rust crate arrayref and injected malicious code that runs on developers’ machines during compilation.

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Hackers breached the maintainer account for the popular Rust crate arrayref and injected malicious code that runs on developers’ machines during compilation. The same supply‑chain intrusion was used to poison two additional crates, append‑only‑vec and internment, within a 23‑minute window. The compromised crates are widely used in Rust projects, meaning the inserted malware could affect many developers who compile code that depends on them. This attack demonstrates a rapid, coordinated effort to exploit trusted open‑source components.

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