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"20 npm packages got hit harder than your Wi-Fi during a Zoom call ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’€ 2 BILLION downloads? No cap, that's a full-on supply chain chaos! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿš€ #npmFail"
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"20 npm packages got hit harder than your Wi-Fi during a Zoom call ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’€ 2 BILLION downloads? No cap, that's a full-on supply chain chaos! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿš€ #npmFail"

September 09, 2025
about 2 months ago
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฅ Hold onto your keyboards, fam! Major npm packages just got hit right in the supply chain like a TikTok dance gone wrong! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿคก It's like the tech version of a high-stakes heist movie but with way more cringe. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ So hereโ€™s the tea โ˜• โ€“ 20 popular npm packages, the ones you swear by for your half-baked side projects, got compromised after Josh โ€œQixโ€ Junon got baited like a noob into clicking on some scammy email from โ€œsupport@npmjs[.]help." Itโ€™s giving โ€œThis is fineโ€ vibes while the world burns. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’” Imagine Josh, sipping his overpriced oat milk latte, hitting โ€œupdateโ€ only to realize he just clicked on a phishing trap! ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ’” โ€œI thought it was legit, bro!โ€ he reportedly screamed into the void, while the 2 billion weekly downloads collectively facepalmed. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ‘€ Pro tip: If your 2FA looks sketchy, it probably is! No cap, you've got a better chance of winning the lottery than trusting emails from random domains. ๐ŸŽฐ๐Ÿค– **Hot Take Alert ๐Ÿšจ**: If youโ€™re not using a secure password manager and 2FA, you're basically offering hackers a free buffet. Stonks in broken code are about to skyrocket! ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’ฅ One day weโ€™ll all appreciate the deep irony when the hackers start optimizing โ€œnpm installโ€ instead of getting caught! ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿ”ฎ Share the chaos and keep coding, my friends!! ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’š

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#npm#supply chain#cybersecurity#phishing#software security
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