The story behind colors.js and faker.js

The bizarre case of the author who corrupted his own npm packages – colors.js and faker.js. Originally reported by Bleeping Computer on Jan 9th the author of npm packages colors.js and faker.js…

Faking is Good: Back-end Data and API Prototyping with Faker.js and JSON-Server

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

Marak, the guy behind the recent breaking of faker.js, colors.js, etc., claims that it was a programming mistake and wants Github to unban him. : r/programming

Have You Heard About The Faker.js News?, by Hussein Baashen

Open source maintainer pulls the plug on npm packages colors and faker, now what?

Detect unwanted dependencies in your software like versions of faker.js or colors.js - Codenotary

javascript - Faker.js Confusion - Stack Overflow

The right to delete: how faker.js exposed the fragile nature of open source culture, again

Open Source Developer Sabotages npm Packages 'Colors,' 'Faker' - FOSSA

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