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ChainDrop worm crawls into npm supply chain, evades standard defenses

Shai-Hulud variant poisons 444 packages, spreads via tarballs and dev-tool hooks

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The ChainDrop worm has successfully infiltrated the npm supply chain, evading standard security defenses.

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