---
title: "crates.io phishing attempt"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/crates-io-phishing-attempt-mhkccltze
source_url: https://fasterthanli.me/articles/crates-io-phishing-attempt
type: article
source: "fasterthanli.me"
published: 2025-09-12T14:42:14.743Z
updated: 2026-03-02T11:25:34.747Z
tags: ["security", "cyber", "rust", "phishing"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# crates.io phishing attempt

**[fasterthanli.me](https://daily.dev/sources/fasterthanli)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A phishing attack targeted crates.io maintainers through fake emails leading to fraudulent GitHub login pages. The crates.io team acknowledged the incident and is investigating. No compromised packages have been identified yet, but the attack follows a similar pattern to recent npm supply chain attacks.

## Full article

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Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#phishing](https://daily.dev/tags/phishing)

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