What happened to Faker.js and how to secure your projects

The golden rule when installing external javascript modules is that we should prefer popular packages that are frequently updated. The Faker.js library has met all this, and tens of thousands of developers have used it to generate random data such as people's names or company names as a useful tool, during development or tests.

Faker.js' which caused damage all over the world by the author's own destruction changed to a community-led project - GIGAZINE

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Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects - The Verge