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koolbatoday at 3:28 AM1 replyview on HN

> Both versions were published using the compromised npm credentials of a lead axios maintainer, bypassing the project's normal GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline.

Doesn’t npm mandate 2FA as of some time last year? How was that bypassed?


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bakugotoday at 3:39 AM

Apparently it's possible to create access tokens that bypass 2FA. Might've been this.

https://docs.npmjs.com/creating-and-viewing-access-tokens

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