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Top Node.js Maintainers Targeted in Sophisticated Social Engineering Scheme

ID: 0fc496bd-6c32-515a-9da1-3c0f9c921c15

STIX ID: report--0fc496bd-6c32-515a-9da1-3c0f9c921c15

Feed Name: cybersecurityNews.com

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2026-04-04

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Dhivya

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**Active supply-chain-focused social-engineering campaign:** A patient, sophisticated operation (linked to UNC1069) is targeting prominent Node.js and npm maintainers via LinkedIn and Slack, using fake personas and cloned meeting sites to trick victims into downloading a RAT that steals browser cookies, cloud credentials, and developer tokens — allowing attackers to bypass 2FA and publish malicious code to the npm registry, potentially affecting millions of downstream users.

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