There have recently been phishing attacks on both the Rust Crates Ecosystem and NPM for Javascript and since they're both pretty similar I've decided to just bundle them together.
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Github Discussion: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/172738
Bleeping Computer Article: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-npm-packages-with-2-billion-weekly-downloads-in-supply-chain-attack/
Technical Breakdown: https://www.varonis.com/blog/npm-hijacking
Crates Phishing: https://fasterthanli.me/articles/crates-io-phishing-attempt
Rust Discussion: https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/discussions/11889
Rust Blog: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/12/crates-io-phishing-campaign/
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