supply chain · Thu 06 Aug 2026 · 00:00 UTC
Shai-Hulud strikes again: CHAINDROP worm hits 400+ npm packages
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Elastic Security Labs identified the return of Shai-Hulud. Attackers compromised the keyv maintainer and deployed CHAINDROP, a worm that uses stolen npm credentials to backdoor co-owned packages totaling over 1.3 billion monthly downloads.
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