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Attack type: Account takeover

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Account takeover CVE-2025-59140 Versions: = 0.2.1 211d ago by isitcompromised.com

backslash@0.2.1 contains malware after npm account takeover ### Impact On 8 September 2025, the npm publishing account for `backslash` was taken over after a phishing attack. Version `0.2.1` was published, functionally identical to the previous patch version, but with a malware payload added attempting to redirect cryptocurrency transactions to the attacker's own addresses from within browser environments. Local environments, server environments, command line applications, etc. are not affected. If the package was used in a browser context (e.g. a direc

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