A Rust community maintainer describes a fake-interview attack that tried to backdoor their machine and potentially crates.io packages via a malicious TypeScript patch, with Claude used to spot and analyze the payload before it ran.
Anatomy of a Failed (Nation-State?) Attack
A Rust community maintainer describes a fake-interview attack that tried to backdoor their machine and potentially crates.io packages via a malicious TypeScript patch, with Claude used to spot and analyze the payload before it ran.
Source: Grack