Major open-source software projects are warning that more pieces of code than XZ Utils may have been backdoored by attackers, based on ongoing supply-chain attack

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Fresh Social Engineering Attacks Resemble Tactics Used Against XZ Utils MaintainerMajor open-source software projects are warning that more pieces of code than XZ Utils may have been backdoored by attackers, based on ongoing supply-chain attack attempts that have targeted “popular JavaScript projects,” apparently seeking to trick them into sharing code maintainer rights.