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CISA, GITHUB TAKE ACTION AFTER MASSIVE NPM SUPPLY CHAIN COMPROMISE

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CISA issued an alert with eight remediation tips after the Shai-Hulud worm compromised 500+ NPM packages by stealing GitHub tokens and cloud credentials. GitHub responded by enforcing stricter authentication, including mandatory 2FA for publishing and switching to trusted methods with short-lived tokens.