Crates.io Users Targeted by Phishing Emails

Crates.io users are being targeted by a phishing campaign impersonating the Rust Foundation, as reported by the Rust Security Response WG and the crates.io team. The phishing emails, originating from the rustfoundation.dev domain, falsely claim that the crates.io infrastructure has been compromised and urge recipients to log in to protect their packages, aiming to steal GitHub credentials. Despite the malicious intent, there is no evidence of an actual breach in the crates.io infrastructure. The Rust team is actively working to dismantle the phishing domain and advises users to mark such emails as phishing and avoid clicking on any links. Community members, including Carol Nichols and Andrew Gallant, have shared screenshots of the emails, highlighting that some have bypassed Gmail's spam filters. Meanwhile, Socket has announced Rust support and is monitoring the situation closely for any suspicious activity, advising developers to remain vigilant and report any phishing attempts to the appropriate Rust security contacts.

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