OpenJS Foundation Targeted in Potential JavaScript Project Takeover Attempt

Security researchers and OpenSSF/OpenJS reported a credible social-engineering takeover attempt against OpenJS projects that mimicked the tactics used in the XZ Utils backdoor incident: attackers created fabricated personas, used overlapping GitHub-related emails, and pressured maintainers to grant maintainer access to push fixes and gain control. OpenJS did not grant access in this case, but the pattern underscores a broader supply-chain risk to open-source projects and calls for better support for maintainers to prevent similar attacks.