The recent npm compromise incident was bad—but it could have been much worse. In the real event, the malicious changes primarily targeted browser environments and [...]| IPConfig.in – What is My IP Address?
On Sept 8, a maintainer’s npm account was phished and attackers pushed malicious updates to 18 popular packages (including chalk and debug). The payload targeted browser environments and could hijack Web3 wallet interactions. Collectively, the impacted packages see billions of weekly downloads, so even short-lived exposure has a big blast radius.| IPConfig.in - What is My IP Address?