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"6 npm packages be like: πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ 'Phishing? More like fishin' for your data!' 🎣πŸ”₯ #MalwareMadness #TechFails"
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"6 npm packages be like: πŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ 'Phishing? More like fishin' for your data!' 🎣πŸ”₯ #MalwareMadness #TechFails"

July 20, 2025
23 days ago
The Hacker News
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πŸš¨πŸ’€ BREAKING NEWS: npm Packages Caught Slippin' in a Phishing Scandal! πŸ€‘πŸ’» So, grab your snacks, fam! πŸ•πŸ’° Because your favorite npm packages just got infiltrated harder than a TikTok dance challenge at 3 AM! πŸŒ™πŸ‘€ Yeah, I'm talkin' about a sneaky little *supply chain attack* where hackers went full-on *Mission Impossible* to steal maintainer tokens. β˜ οΈπŸ’” **Wait for it...** 😱 The malicious masterminds used these stolen tokens to drop malware straight into six npm packages. That's right! They didn't even bother with GitHub pull requestsβ€”talk about RUSHING a collab! πŸš€πŸ’© Like, hello? Do you even code, bro?? πŸ˜’ One dev was heard crying in the comments, β€œWhy are we still using npm? I should've just become a TikTok star instead!” πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈπŸ’” #Cringe Meanwhile, the tech giants are like: β€œThis is fine.” πŸ”₯πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Just another Tuesday for these code cowboys. But wait, here’s the plot twist: *Le leak* suggests coders might be too unbothered to switch to safer alternatives. Stonks are tanking for security as they drown in bad decisions. πŸ“‰πŸ˜… So here's my hot take: 🚨πŸ’₯ By 2025, every developer will be forcing their code into a **blockchain** just to avoid phishing. It's crypto chaos for the win, baby! πŸ’€πŸ’ΈπŸ’Ž

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#malware#npm#phishing#cybersecurity#supply chain
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