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#6 The Hacker News general July 04, 2026 at 11:17 UTC

North Korean Hackers Publish 108 Malicious Packages and Extensions in PolinRider Campaign

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

The North Korean threat group behind Contagious Interview published 108 malicious packages and browser extensions across npm, Packagist, Go, and the Chrome Web Store in a campaign called PolinRider, compromising maintainer accounts to inject malware. The campaign remains active with new packages continuing to appear, posing a direct supply chain risk to developers using these ecosystems.

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