Software Supply Chain Attack
Compromising a widely used software-distribution channel lets an attacker propagate malicious code to many downstream systems.
Episodes that teach this
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Did ChatGPT Escape and Hack Hugging Face? Future IQ
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if a hacker ever manages to hack a package manager, it can install a bad package which will then get installed all over the world.
Examples & generalisations
Concrete examples: compromising a package manager to distribute a bad package worldwide