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The June 2026 AUR supply chain attack (Atomic Arch) hijacked about 1,500 abandoned packages without a single exploit. It did not steal a password. It stole trust. A CEO's view on why the answer is verification and stewardship, not retreat.
Sonatype counted 1.23 million malicious packages. Your lockfile security posture determines whether those packages reach production or stop at the gate. The dependency layer is the attack surface now.
Your vendor's security posture is part of your security posture. When they have access to your systems, their vulnerabilities become yours.
