Security· ★★★· bearish·

Rust Warns of Targeted Attack on Key Developers

  • Targets include Rust-Lang team members and owners of popular crates
  • Attackers use fake LinkedIn profiles and shell companies
  • The scheme: a video call, then a request to install software or run a command
  • Recommendations: MFA and stronger account security
Why it matters: Compromising maintainers could lead to malicious code being published in widely used packages and supply chain attacks.
Source: DiarioBitcoin