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by mooreds 1551 days ago
Plenty of examples of NPM packages being taken over:

* https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/resources/blog/npm-packa...

* https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60f...

* https://blog.sonatype.com/npm-project-used-by-millions-hijac...

* https://checkmarx.com/blog/attackers-write-bugs-as-well/

When was the last time you audited all of the libraries a SPA depended on? If it was during the last build, congrats, you're doing great.

Lots of times it isn't automated and can be neglected, though.