
Organisations urged to audit npm trust configs after GitHub patches flaw risking 10M downloads
Abandoned GitHub repository names allowed attackers to hijack package publishing trust, risking millions of downloads.
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Abandoned GitHub repository names allowed attackers to hijack package publishing trust, risking millions of downloads.

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