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Why does mathmain need an encrypted loader?

138 points · 43 comments · abhisek

  1. fshafique · · focus · HN ↗
    Does the FBI or any other law-enforcement office follow up on these backdoors? Is this considered a crime, or even conspiracy to commit a crime, or is it only the act of using the backdoor that's a crime?

    I can also see that it&#x27;s still up in NPM without any warning of any kind: - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npmjs.com&#x2F;package&#x2F;mathmain" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npmjs.com&#x2F;package&#x2F;mathmain

    But the Github repo for the package and the author are down: - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;allendev12" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;allendev12 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;allendev12&#x2F;mathmain" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;allendev12&#x2F;mathmain

    1. hiddenvulkcan · · focus · HN ↗

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    2. altairprime · · focus · HN ↗
      &gt; This package contained malicious code and was removed from the registry by the npm security team.
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