--- title: axios compromised on npm: maintainer account hijacked,... description: The npm account of axios lead maintainer jasonsaayman was hijacked, resulting in two malicious versions (1.14.1 and 0.30.4) being published on March 31. Both... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/axios-compromised-on-npm-maintainer-account-hijacked-rat-deployed-6mr1vfvvx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: axios compromised on npm: maintainer account hijacked, RAT deployed | daily.dev og:description: The npm account of axios lead maintainer jasonsaayman was hijacked, resulting in two malicious versions (1.14.1 and 0.30.4) being published on March 31. 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The malware self-destructs after execution, making post-infection node_modules inspection ineffective. With ~100 million weekly downloads, this ranks among the most impactful npm supply chain attacks ever. Affected users should pin to safe versions (1.14.0 or 0.30.3), remove plain-crypto-js, rotate all credentials, and audit CI/CD logs. Indicators of compromise, file system artifacts, and network IOCs are provided for detection. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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