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Recently, XRP faced a major security breach involving one of XRP Ledger’s JavaScript libraries. The Ripple npm JavaScript library named xrpl.js was compromised in a software supply chain attack which exposed users’ private keys.
The security flaw was flagged by Aikido Security and was confirmed by Ripple CTO David Scwartz. The issue affects specific versions of the Node Package Manager (NPM) library, but major XRP services like Xaman Wallet and XRPScan confirmed they were unaffected.
The affected versions were 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, and 2.14.2. However, the issue has been fixed in newer versions 4.2.5 and 2.14.3.
Peter Todd, a Bitcoin developer pointed out that a decade after he warned of security risks in Ripple’s software due to lack of proper security measures like PGP signing, there’s a Ripple backdoor due to an npm compromise. He criticized Ri
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