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"When supply-chain attacks hit open source harder than my WiFi during a Zoom call ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿšจ #GitGoneWild"
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"When supply-chain attacks hit open source harder than my WiFi during a Zoom call ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿšจ #GitGoneWild"

July 25, 2025
20 days ago
Ars Technica
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฃ OH NO, NOT THE SUPPLY-CHAIN ATTACKS AGAIN! ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ’” So apparently it's a busy week for hackers who heard that open source software is like the all-you-can-eat buffet of cybersecurity. ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ˜ฑ Think of it as a chaotic Yelp review for devs where every zero-star rating could mean your code is haunted by malware ghosts ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ‘พ - and theyโ€™re not *even* paying rent! The outrage emojis are flowing, fam! ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ“‰ The latest hit? Toptalโ€™s npm packages turning into full-on demon spawn infected with nasty malware that had users downloading them like they were dropping the hottest mixtape of the century! ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽถ Stonks? More like stonk-ouch! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ“‰ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿšจ Yo, I can almost hear the devs now: "Bro, how did we go from โ€˜Hello Worldโ€™ to โ€˜Hell NO!โ€™ in 60 seconds flat?โ€ - *Leaked Developer Quote* ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’€ The โ€œASAPโ€ trend of hacking is just getting wild, and now we gotta question if our codeโ€™s safe, or if itโ€™s just playing dress-up like a wish.com cryptid. ๐Ÿฆ„๐Ÿค– ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ So, hereโ€™s the hot take: In 2024, weโ€™re gonna have a new game mode: โ€œCode or Be Cod-edโ€ where every developer needs a personal bodyguard for their code. Pushing packages? More like pushing daisies. Coping? Seething? Itโ€™s all on the table, fam! #ThisIsFine ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿš€ #OpenSourceChaos

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#supply-chain#open-source#cybersecurity#malware#npm
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