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Week in review: Hidden implant in Ledger wallets linked to $93M theft, 1,500+ npm packages exposed

Over 1,500 npm packages were compromised in a supply-chain attack last week, according to Help Net Security. One infected dependency is enough to execute arbitrary code. AI coding agents and automated pipelines pull these packages as trusted dependencies during normal operation. When an agent insta…

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  1. 2026-10-18 21:37 · r/deeplearning
    Week in review: Hidden implant in Ledger wallets linked to $93M theft, 1,500+ npm packages exposed
  2. 2026-10-18 21:35 · r/learnmachinelearning
    Week in review: Hidden implant in Ledger wallets linked to $93M theft, 1,500+ npm packages exposed

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