Daily Supply Chain Report

April 21, 2026 - Tuesday

April 21, 2026 - Tuesday

This day, we bring together the 2 key events that entered the chronology, in date order.

Technology Apr 21, 2026

Worm-like supply chain attack on NPM: malicious code in 16 Namastex packages. Reported by Socket and StepSecurity; the attack targets SSH, K8s, LLM tokens and MetaMask/Phantom wallets, going cross-platform via PyPI.

Logistics Apr 21, 2026

In the same period, Lufthansa cancels 20,000 flights over the Iran war. The German carrier is cutting capacity to save 40,000 tonnes of jet fuel.