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#9 The Hacker News general May 27, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

Malicious npm Package Stole Files From Claude AI User Directory via GitHub

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

OX Security researchers found a malicious npm package named 'mouse5212-super-formatter' designed to exfiltrate files from '/mnt/user-data', the directory used by Anthropic's Claude AI tool for handling uploads and outputs. The package uploaded stolen files via GitHub, demonstrating a targeted attack vector against developers using AI coding assistants. This highlights the growing threat of supply chain attacks specifically engineered to compromise AI development environments.

Relevance score: 70.0/100

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