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Phishing, Bugs, and Billions at Stake: Lessons From NPM Crypto Exploit Near-Miss
Phishing, Bugs, and Billions at Stake: Lessons From NPM Crypto Exploit Near-Miss
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Digital heist narrowly avoided as npm package vulnerability exposes crypto's fragile underbelly.
Billions in assets hang by a thread when open-source dependencies turn into attack vectors.
The near-catastrophe reveals how phishing campaigns now target developers instead of end-users—sneaking malicious code into trusted repositories.
One flawed dependency could've cascaded into mass fund drainage. Yet the ecosystem patched in time—this round.
Smart contracts stay immutable; human errors aren't. Maybe next time Wall Street will finally notice—right after their third coffee.
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