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Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls

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Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls

Rust team members and maintainers of popular crates were targeted through video call-based attacks. The attack methods align with techniques previously attributed to North Korean threat actors, though it remains unclear whether these incidents connect to earlier Rust-focused campaigns.

Why it matters: Open source developers and organizations relying on Rust packages should assess whether their team members or supply chain were compromised through social engineering, as malicious code injection into widely-used crates could affect downstream projects.

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