Which versions of royal-mail_scraper are malicious?

The following RubyGems versions of royal-mail_scraper are flagged malicious: 1.0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate royal-mail_scraper if I installed it?

Remove royal-mail_scraper from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

I already installed royal-mail_scraper — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If royal-mail_scraper was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is royal-mail_scraper part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — royal-mail_scraper is associated with the RLMA-2024-05820, RLUA-2024-10341, RLUA-2026-09084 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find royal-mail_scraper across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for royal-mail_scraper (version 1.0.1).

Malicious package

royal-mail_scraperRubyGems

Advisory published Jun 25, 2024Updated Sep 24, 2026

royal-mail_scraper is a confirmed malicious RubyGems package (MAL-2024-7015) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in royal-mail_scraper (RubyGems)

MAL-2024-7015

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

gem uninstall royal-mail_scraper

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

70d8d92a9fd67ebeb3ba85c518519db5ebbf96d37d307bcc06119879b33c2d76

07a31c8a786f65e267f8384c4ebe01eb681a589e33bffa0417830fd6abde75d8

ca94db175bb48ffc58722880dc32876ec0609e392c6fc5788ea6a28d50ff384a

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for royal-mail_scraper (version 1.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
Remove royal-mail_scraper from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If royal-mail_scraper was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. royal-mail_scraper on RubyGems has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-05820RLUA-2024-10341RLUA-2026-09084

References

Credits

ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks royal-mail_scraper-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring

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