Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms

2026-04-01T07:24:06Z23116ce05e5a6e55162da5da92f1e9c53abb41859712f6c2b334ee7ceef9d0b2
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What happened

The Hacker News digest highlights a wave of high-impact cyber incidents and vulnerabilities: an Anthropic internal code leak via npm packaging error; multiple supply-chain compromises (malicious Axios npm releases, Telnyx PyPI backdoors, Open VSX/VS Code vetting bypass); active zero-day exploitation of TrueConf (CVE-2026-3502); cloud/AI security gaps in Google Vertex AI and issues in LangChain/LangGraph exposing secrets; high-severity infrastructure flaws under reconnaissance or exploitation (Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-3055, F5 BIG-IP CVE-2025-53521 added to CISA KEV); and diverse attacker tool

Why it matters

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2026-04-01T07:24:06Z
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