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Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines (arstechnica.com)

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not really a language-specific problem. Like, there are numerous languages that have distribution mechanisms for libraries that might potentially be malicious.

Only way I can think that the language might be a factor would be if a language were designed to only run in a restricted mode.

[–] msage@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not really a language-specific problem, but why should that stop us from this goal?

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Exactly

[–] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago

You must be very smart.