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Comment by bartread

7 years ago

> recent nodejs security issue.

Uh-oh. I hadn't been aware of this. Do you have a link, please? (Quick google didn't help much.)

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BlahBoy3  7 years ago

It's possible that they're referring to this crypto-currency backdoor that was slipped into the event-stream dependency?

https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116

Edit: it attempts to steal crypto-currency; it doesn't mine it.

  • bartread  7 years ago

    Also, er, bloody hell. These comments are completely out of hand. Examples:

    "You put at risk millions of people, and making something for free, but public, means you are responsible for the package."

    "There is a huge difference between not maintaining a repo/package, vs giving it away to a hacker (which actually takes more effort than doing nothing), then denying all responsibility to fix it when it affects millions of innocent people."

    Where do these people get off?