Hijacked polyfill[.]io domain reactivates with HTTP 401 credential prompts

The polyfill[.]io CDN domain — seized and weaponised in the June 2024 supply-chain attack that affected more than 100,000 sites — became active again in late May 2026 and began answering with HTTP 401 authentication challenges, which browsers render as native credential dialog boxes (BleepingComputer, 2026-06-05). Any site still loading a <script src="…polyfill[.]io…"> tag — a failure documented across many organisations since 2024 — now prompts visitors for credentials in a dialog that appears to originate from the trusted site. Toshiba published a warning on 2026-06-02 telling users to click Cancel without entering anything (Toshiba, 2026-06-02); Muji issued a parallel notice stating it had not confirmed unauthorised access or data leakage (BleepingComputer, 2026-06-05). This is mechanically distinct from the 2024 redirect-to-malicious-JavaScript attack: the harm here is HTTP-401-induced credential phishing, not script injection, so neither party has confirmed exfiltration — but both advised affected users to change passwords. Maps to T1195.002 (Compromise Software Supply Chain). Why it matters to us: The exposure is entirely a function of stale third-party references, which most organisations underestimate. Grep all rendered HTML, CMS templates, and CDN-inclusion lists for polyfill[.]io with any subdomain or path; replace with the legitimate polyfill.com / polyfill.top mirrors or self-hosted polyfills, and enforce Subresource Integrity (SRI) on all third-party scripts. Web-proxy/SWG logs showing 401 responses from polyfill[.]io pinpoint pages that still load the script.