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Hackers penetrate Toptal’s GitHub account and leverage their privileged access to inject malicious code into the npm registry.
In July 2025, prominent freelance talent platform Toptal grappled with a significant software supply chain breach after unknown threat actors penetrated its GitHub organization account. The repercussions of the attack extended far beyond source code exposure, as adversaries leveraged their privileged access to inject malicious components into the open-source ecosystem via the npm registry.
