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.

GitHub - pfaciana/faker-js-extensions: This adds additional methods to faker .js to generate massive amounts of realistic fake data in Node.js and the browser

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Malicious modifications to open source projects affecting thousands - Sysdig Secure – Sysdig

Getting Started With Faker.js: A Developer's Guide

npm Libraries 'colors' and 'faker' Sabotaged in Protest by their Maintainer— What to do Now?

The story behind colors.js and faker.js

Faker - Open Collective

swyx on X: News: Marak adds an infinite loop to break the `colors` package, to protest lack of open-source funding. This follows the faker.js issue. The message is marred by troll behavior

How To Use Faker.js: A Fake Data Generating JavaScript Library