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Over 46,000 Fake npm Packages Flood Registry in Worm-Like Spam Attack

Over 46,000 Fake npm Packages Flood Registry in Worm-Like Spam Attack


Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a large-scale spam campaign that has flooded the npm registry with thousands of fake packages since early 2024 as part of a likely financially motivated effort.
“The packages were systematically published over an extended period, flooding the npm registry with junk packages that survived in the ecosystem for almost two years,” Endor Labs

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