A single phishing email just turned 2.6 billion npm downloads into a crypto wallet drainer.
18 of JavaScript's most trusted packages were compromised in September 2025 - including chalk, debug, and strip-ansi that virtually every Node.js project depends on.
The attack window: 2 hours and 44 minutes.
This wasn't your typical supply chain attack. Traditional attacks steal credentials or install backdoors.
This one was purpose-built for Web3:
- Monitored wallet interactions in real-time
- Intercepted transaction signing (ETH, BTC, SOL, TRX)
- Replaced recipient addresses using fuzzy matching
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