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Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers' credentials

Hackers injected infostealer malware into multiple widely used Rust crates, causing routine builds to deliver the malicious code onto developers’ machines.

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Hackers injected infostealer malware into multiple widely used Rust crates, causing routine builds to deliver the malicious code onto developers’ machines. The compromised packages were updated this week, turning standard development processes into a vector for credential theft.

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