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#9 The Hacker News general April 08, 2026 at 07:47 UTC

N. Korean Hackers Spread 1,700 Malicious Packages Across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

North Korean hackers expanded the Contagious Interview campaign by publishing 1,700 malicious packages across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust, and PHP ecosystems. The packages impersonate legitimate developer tools while functioning as malware loaders, representing a coordinated supply chain attack targeting multiple programming environments.

Read full article → https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/n-korean-hackers…

Relevance score: 80.0/100

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