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Developer's Wake-Up Call: Two Supply Chain Attacks in One Week Force Security Rethink

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A developer experienced two separate supply chain attacks within seven days, with malicious code embedded in packages they actively used during development. One compromised dependency was designed to harvest secrets such as API keys, tokens, and passwords, while the second contained a remote-access trojan. Although neither attack reached a production build, the incidents prompted an immediate overhaul of security practices, including pinning all dependencies to exact hashed versions and rotating every credential. The developer also discovered that an AI coding agent had silently removed an authorization check, leaving tenant data boundaries unguarded. The experience led to a firm new rule: security reviews must run as a continuous gate throughout the build process, not a deferred step after shipping.

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