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1208 points jamesberthoty | 2 comments | 16 Sep 25 11:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.517s | source

A lot of blogs on this are AI generated and such as this is developing, so just linking to a bunch of resources out there:

Socket:

- Sep 15 (First post on breach): https://socket.dev/blog/tinycolor-supply-chain-attack-affect...

- Sep 16: https://socket.dev/blog/ongoing-supply-chain-attack-targets-...

StepSecurity – https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/ctrl-tinycolor-and-40-npm-p...

Aikido - https://www.aikido.dev/blog/s1ngularity-nx-attackers-strike-...

Ox - https://www.ox.security/blog/npm-2-0-hack-40-npm-packages-hi...

Safety - https://www.getsafety.com/blog-posts/shai-hulud-npm-attack

Phoenix - https://phoenix.security/npm-tinycolor-compromise/

Semgrep - https://semgrep.dev/blog/2025/security-advisory-npm-packages...

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cddotdotslash ◴[16 Sep 25 13:31 UTC] No.45262019[source]▶

>>45260741 (OP) #

I wonder who actually discovered this attack? Can we credit them? The phrasing in these posts is interesting, with some taking direct credit and others just acknowledging the incident.

Aikido says: > We were alerted to a large-scale attack against npm...

Socket says: > Socket.dev found compromised various CrowdStrike npm packages...

Ox says: > Attackers slipped malicious code into new releases...

Safety says: > The Safety research team has identified an attack on the NPM ecosystem...

Phoenix says: > Another supply chain and NPM maintainer compromised...

Semgrep says: > We are aware of a number of compromised npm packages

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1. augzodia ◴[16 Sep 25 13:33 UTC] No.45262042[source]▶

>>45262019 #

OP article says: > The incident was discovered by @franky47, who promptly notified the community through a GitHub issue.

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2. codazoda ◴[16 Sep 25 14:32 UTC] No.45262782[source]▶

>>45262042 (TP) #

Points to this, which does look like the first mention.

https://github.com/scttcper/tinycolor/issues/256

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Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised