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# Supply Chain Attacks Are Now Easier Than Breaking In
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/supply-chain-attacks-are-now-easier-than-breaking-in/
- Published: 2026-06-20T16:07:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-20T16:07:07.000Z
- Description: The shift from hacking exploits to exploiting trusted infrastructure—like package managers, CI/CD pipelines, and open-source dependencies—reflects a stark asymmetry: developers have optimized for speed and convenience, not adversarial resilience.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, security, policy, regulation

Source: [The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/teampcp-claude-shared-chats-ai-supply-chain-attacks-trust?ref=adjacent.media)

The shift from hacking exploits to exploiting trusted infrastructure—like package managers, CI/CD pipelines, and open-source dependencies—reflects a stark asymmetry: developers have optimized for speed and convenience, not adversarial resilience. This matters because it moves the attack surface from heavily defended perimeters to the unglamorous maintenance work that underpins modern software, where a single compromised library can infect thousands of downstream projects before detection. Attackers no longer need zero-days or sophisticated techniques when they can submit a pull request to a popular repo or register a typosquatted package name.