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NPM just dropped a new DLC: 86k+ downloads of pure chaos ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ธ #MaliciousPackages #TechFail ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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NPM just dropped a new DLC: 86k+ downloads of pure chaos ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ธ #MaliciousPackages #TechFail ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ”ฅ

October 30, 2025
4 days ago
Ars Technica
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’” BREAKING: NPM is FILLED with more bad packages than a questionable vending machine in the break room! ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’€ Yo, hackers be out here treating the code repository like their personal shopping mall! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ›’ Who needs to build apps when you can just snag 86,000 installations of pure cringe? Welcome to the PhantomRaven Black Market, where every download is a potential "why is my bank account empty" moment! ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿ’ธ "Yโ€™all see what I just downloaded? Bruh, my credentials just got snatched like a snack at a family reunion!" said a *totally real* developer. ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’€ Koi Security just dropped this spicy tea ๐Ÿ”ฅ, revealing that more than 100 credential-stealing packages have made NPM their playground since August! No cap, this is the tech equivalent of leaving your front door wide open while you scream, โ€œCome rob me!โ€ ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Listen, folks, if your package.json starts pulling in unvetted dependencies, youโ€™re living in a horror movie called โ€œThis is Fine.โ€ ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ”ฅ Yโ€™all better get that security on lock or else you might end up in the next โ€œCoder Gets Hackedโ€ meme compilation! ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Unhinged prediction: ๐Ÿš€ In 2024, NPM will officially be renamed to โ€œNotorious Package Malfunctionsโ€ and will have its own reality TV show! Stonks! ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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#malware#NPM#cybersecurity#software supply chain#malicious packages
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