Somewhere in the cold corridors of our inexorable digital progress, Charles Guillemet, CTO at Ledger-a modern sentinel against the bandits of code-decided to speak. What emerged was less a warning than a brief meditation on human folly, punctuated by the news that NPM, the sacred cow of JavaScript developers, has been ceremoniously slaughtered by a supply chain attack of epic proportions. Yes, an entire ecosystem of busy, caffeinated programmers is now unwittingly distributing malicious code as if it were free coffee refills. ☕
The attackers, in their infinite subtlety (which is to say, they stopped just short of using Comic Sans), have inserted code that swaps out crypto addresses mid-transaction-so know this, o seeker of digital riches: your precious stack might be heading straight into the pocket of a faceless adversary who laughs in binary.
Guillemet, with the solemnity of a man who’s seen his lunch stolen from the office fridge, admits that it’s not clear whether recovery seeds are being plucked from compromised wallets. Perhaps the attackers have standards. Perhaps they merely wanted a bit of excitement-after all, who among us hasn’t tried swapping wallets as an icebreaker at a developer conference? 🤷♂️
What must be emphasized-or, since we’re already here, lamented-is that NPM sits at the heart of modern website creation. Every developer, from the veteran to the guy who just googled “How to install Node.js”, is now playing Russian roulette with a JavaScript package. Somebody might make a TikTok about it.
The scope of the attack
If you thought only your neighbor’s dog could download a billion things off the internet, think again. The compromised NPM packages have breached the sacred threshold: a billion downloads. Now, it doesn’t mean everyone is being hacked-just that the malware is spreading faster than gossip in a queue for bread. Most people won’t notice, unless their wallet starts speaking in tongues and sending ETH to unsavory places.
The attack sprawls across many chains, including Ethereum and Solana, which means it’s less of a targeted strike and more of a drunken rampage at a blockchain family reunion. 🥳
The sage known as 0xCygaar recommends refraining from signing any crypto transactions-perhaps for a day, perhaps for eternity, who knows? In these times, the only thing safer than your wallet is that sock full of cash under your mattress. Or maybe not.
I would strongly recommend not signing any crypto transactions right now.
There is a huge supply chain attack on popular NPM packages that may have compromised various crypto websites (frontend, not the actual contracts).
It changes the destination address of transactions and…
– cygaar (@0xCygaar) September 8, 2025
Are Ledger users safe?
Ledger users, rejoice! The CTO assures us that holders of hardware wallets, those venerable relics of “clear signing,” are not at risk. The device, with all the gravitas of a Soviet typewriter, presents the true address for your scavenger hunt across blockchains. Guillemet recommends abstention from on-chain transactions unless your wallet is harder than Siberian winter.
life is short and your crypto is not safe. Hug your hardware wallet, stare wistfully into the ledger screen, and remember-someone, somewhere, just swapped your address for a joke. 😂
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2025-09-08 22:17