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Toptal’s GitHub Organization Hijacked: 10 Malicious Packages Published
Threat actors hijacked Toptal’s GitHub org, publishing npm packages with malicious payloads that steal tokens and attempt to wipe victim systems.
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Note: it requires a JSON config file in the parent directory, that is:
var config = require('../bitstupid-config.json');
In this it only expects to find a Janrain API key:
config.janrain.apiKey
This is needed to handle logins.
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The npm package bitstupid receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, bitstupid popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that bitstupid demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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