Don't Revoke That Token Yet: Inside the keyv/cacheable npm Worm, (Wed, Aug 5th)

When you learn that a compromised package executed on one of your build hosts, muscle memory takes over: revoke the npm token, rotate the GitHub PAT, cycle the cloud keys. That reflex has been correct in almost every supply-chain incident I have worked. In the keyv/cacheable compromise that has been unfolding since yesterday, it is the one thing you should not do first — because revoking the stolen token is exactly what arms the payload.

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When you learn that a compromised package executed on one of your build hosts, muscle memory takes over: revoke the npm token, rotate the GitHub PAT, cycle the cloud keys. That reflex has been correct in almost every supply-chain incident I have worked. In the keyv/cacheable compromise that has been unfolding since yesterday, it is the one thing you should not do first — because revoking the stolen token is exactly what arms the payload.


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