[weinzierl]

Detailed description what you could do with a malicious npm package is currently on he front page: "Harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from websites"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16084575

[marpstar]

am I the only one who thinks this could be more than a coincidence?

[bubble_boi]

Hey, I wrote that article :) - yes it was pure coincidence, I just decided with all the security stuff going on this week (Spectre/Meltdown, I hadn't heard about the npm stuff) I'd write and article about it.

[ohiovr]

I didn't think of it. But it is a coincidence, Good one.

[amself]

I find it hard to believe, but never say never, of course.