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Toptal Caught Serving Malware After GitHub Compromise

UNITED STATES, JUL 24 – Hackers published 10 malicious npm packages on Toptal's GitHub, downloaded about 5,000 times, to steal authentication tokens and wipe infected systems.

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: Malicious code lurking in over 5,000 downloads, says Socket researcher

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Toptal caught serving malware after GitHub compromise

: Malicious code lurking in over 5,000 downloads, says Socket researcher

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Hackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages

Hackers compromised Toptal's GitHub organization account and used their access to publish ten malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (NPM) index.

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BleepingComputer broke the news in on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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