Calm triage guide for the NIKKE PC launcher incident (Nov 2026): what is verified, how to check your PC, and when a Windows wipe is (not) warranted. Includes read-only checkers.
Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending
Nov 3 – Nov 4, 2026
Stars +3 in 2 days
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Merged PRs 0 in 2 days
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| Day | Stars gained | Forks gained | Merged PRs |
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| Tue, Nov 3, 2026 | +0 | +0 | 0 |
| Wed, Nov 4, 2026 | +3 | +0 | 0 |
| Total | +3 | +0 | 0 |
NIKKE launcher update: the attacker's server was a rented VPS at 1984 ehf (Iceland), not a VPN. It was reportedly shut down on Nov 3, but the domain's DNS is still hosted there, so I'm sending an…
@SpringZ_FSG · x.com
That's not what this post says. It starts with what's confirmed, then: close the launcher, check debug.log before you uninstall or wipe, follow the guide. I did that myself: checked first, cleared…
@SpringZ_FSG · x.com
A lot of people are panicking about the NIKKE PC launcher, so here's what I'd want someone to tell me. First, what's confirmed. SHIFT UP has acknowledged possible tampering, and the researcher's…
@SpringZ_FSG · x.com
