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What are the proper crates that the malicious ones were pretending to be? (I'm new to Rust)
Both were impersonating fast_log.
Thanks :)
async_println is a part of fast_log?
Both faster_log and async_println were purely malicious packages (not taken over and turned malicious).
I know faster_log is typosquatting / luring fast_log users but I’m not sure about about async_println (which was a clone of the malicious faster_log).
async_std::print is a thing so I guess trying to lure users who search crates before docs :shrug:
I mean, if you want your prints to be asynchronous you’re looking for trouble to begin with.
The previous statement is a joke.