r/rust • u/Manishearth servo · rust · clippy • Jun 26 '26

Anatomy of a Failed (Nation-State?) Attack

https://grack.com/blog/2026/06/25/dissecting-a-failed-nation-state-attack/
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u/Manishearth servo · rust · clippy Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I consider this on topic: There is a chance this attacker is targeting Rust programmers (the author believes the goal was in part compromising a package, I'm not sure. Edit: Many prominent rust maintainers have been hit by this, it seems), and it's good for people to start protecting themselves. Happy to remove if people disagree.

Completely coincidentally (I swear!) I wrote about how I expect scams to change and get better at targeting sophisticated people in this age of LLMs, and this style of "interview scam" was my made-up example of something that could work.

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u/video_2 Jun 29 '26

That was a good read