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The polyfill.js is a popular open source library to support older browsers. 100K+ sites embed it using the cdn.polyfill.io domain. Notable users are JSTOR, Intuit and World Economic Forum. However, in February this year, a Chinese company bought the domain and the Github account. Since then, this domain was caught injecting malware on mobile devices via any site that embeds cdn.polyfill.io. Any complaints were quickly removed (archive here) from the Github repository.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    3 months ago

    nah. over 100k sites ignored dependency risks, even after the original owners warned them this exact thing would happen.

    the real story is 100k sites not being run appropriately.