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Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 07:44 AM UTC·Source: The Hacker News

Updated: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 07:13 PM UTC

Executive Summary

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. "We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069," John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told The Hacker News in a statement. "North Korean

Analysis

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. "We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069," John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told The Hacker News in a statement. "North Korean
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Hacker News on Apr 1, 2026.

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