A supply chain attack targeted NPM, compromising 16 popular Gluestack 'react-native-aria' packages with over 950K weekly downloads.
The attack involved injecting malicious code with Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capabilities into packages' files, affecting 16 out of 20 packages.
Approximately 960,000 weekly downloads were affected by the compromised packages, and researchers believe the same threat actors were behind a previous attack on the 'rand-user-agent' package.
Aikido Security attempted to notify Gluestack about the ongoing supply chain attack but has not received a response yet, urging users to stay updated on the situation.