Users of popular open-source libraries 'colors' and 'faker' were left stunned after they saw their applications, using these libraries, printing gibberish data and breaking. Some surmised if the NPM libraries had been compromised, but it turns out there's more to the story.
I genuinely feel bad for the guy. Got screwed over by corporations freeloading off his work with no chance of ever holding his own against them.
While I don’t condone what he did, I completely understand his frustration and why he acted out like this.