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npm metascraper-author @5.51.1

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flagged 2026-07-29 09:07
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Signals fired

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topology
typosquat 1.0 combosquat of 'metascraper'
mass_publish_burst 0.8 publisher 'kikobeats' pushed 9 packages in the last 15min on npm

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

{
  "had_install_script": false,
  "maintainers": [
    "kikobeats"
  ],
  "versions": 278
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

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  "dependencies_count": 1,
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    "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/metascraper-author/-/metascraper-author-5.51.1.tgz",
    "unpackedSize": 4448
  },
  "dist-tags": {
    "canary": "3.0.0-alpha.3ac8a881",
    "latest": "5.51.1"
  },
  "latest_version": "5.51.1",
  "maintainers": [
    {
      "email": "josefrancisco.verdu@gmail.com",
      "name": "kikobeats"
    }
  ],
  "num_versions": 278,
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/microlinkhq/metascraper/packages/metascraper-author"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "exit 0"
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "mass_publish_burst": "publisher 'kikobeats' pushed 9 packages in the last 15min on npm",
    "typosquat": "combosquat of 'metascraper'"
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2017-12-15T13:39:54.157Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-19T08:19:46.666Z"
  }
}