Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps(Bleeping Computer)

Bleeping Computer reportson the latest NPM mess: the developer of the "faker" module deleted thecode and it's development history from GitHub (with a force push), replacedit with a malicious alternative, and broke dependencies for numerousapplications.

The reason behind this mischief on the developer's part appears tobe retaliation-against mega-corporations and commercial consumersof open-source projects who extensively rely on cost-free andcommunity-powered software but do not, according to the developer,give back to the community.

GitHub has evidently called this action a violation of its terms ofservice and disabled the owner's account; NPM has restored a previousversion of the code.