Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as "malicious activity" in newly published versions of node-ipc.
According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious -

node-ipc@9.1.6
node-ipc@9.2.3
node-ipc@12.0.1

"Early analysis indicates that node-ipc@9.1.6, node-ipc@9.2.3, and node-ipc@12.0.1

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title: Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets
additional: Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as "malicious activity" in newly published versions of node-ipc.
According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious -

node-ipc@9.1.6
node-ipc@9.2.3
node-ipc@12.0.1

"Early analysis indicates that node-ipc@9.1.6, node-ipc@9.2.3, and node-ipc@12.0.1
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