Open Source NPM Libraries 'colors' and 'faker' Had Been Compromised

Open source NPM libraries 'Colors' and 'Faker' had been modified, which resulted in breaking a huge number of projects relying on those libraries. It was the developer of the libraries who introduced an infinite loop that bricked the projects using 'colors' and 'faker'. The developer motif behind the commits seems to be the retaliation against mega-corporations and commercial consumers of open-source projects who extensively rely on cost-free and community-powered software but do not, according to the developer, give back to the community. Read more...