{"id":627017,"date":"2026-07-10T03:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/hackers-tried-to-backdoor-injective-npm-package-to-steal-wallet-keys\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T03:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:52:44","slug":"hackers-tried-to-backdoor-injective-npm-package-to-steal-wallet-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/hackers-tried-to-backdoor-injective-npm-package-to-steal-wallet-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers tried to backdoor Injective npm package to steal wallet keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/crimes-code-tweezers-theft-hack-hacker-red-wallet.jpg\" alt=\"Hackers tried to backdoor Injective npm package to steal wallet keys \" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The incident is significant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows, Socket researchers said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Hackers compromised a widely used Injective software package in a supply chain attack with malware designed to steal crypto wallet private keys, adding to a growing attack vector involving attackers using legitimate platforms to deliver malicious payloads. <\/p>\n<p>Security firm Socket discovered on Thursday that a popular npm (node package manager) package with around 50,000 weekly downloads used for building on the Injective blockchain was maliciously modified to steal wallet private keys and seed phrases.<\/p>\n<p>The large number of downloads makes the incident \u201csignificant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows,\u201d Socket researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/socket.dev\/blog\/compromised-injective-sdk-npm-package\"><span>said<\/span><\/a>. The malicious code has since been removed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/hackers-compromise-injective-npm-package-with-malware-to-steal-wallet-keys\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incident is significant for developers and applications that handle Injective wallet workflows, Socket researchers said. Hackers compromised a widely used Injective software package in a supply chain attack with malware designed to steal crypto wallet private keys, adding to a growing attack vector involving attackers using legitimate platforms to deliver malicious payloads. Security firm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":627018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-627017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}