Rust Security Alert: Phishing Campaign Targets crates.io Users
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Summary
The Rust Security Response WG and crates.io team issued a security alert about a phishing campaign targeting crates.io users. Malicious emails from rustfoundation.dev domain are attempting to steal GitHub credentials by falsely claiming crates.io infrastructure was compromised. The team confirms there is no evidence of actual infrastructure compromise and is taking steps to address the malicious domain.
Key quotes
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These emails are malicious and come from a domain name not controlled by the Rust Foundation
We have no evidence of a compromise of the crates.io infrastructure
We are taking steps to get the domain name
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