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by mwarkentin 1432 days ago
Apparently when the 2fa requirement is actually implemented (this was just an announcement which triggered this) deleting a package would require 2fa as well.

Other registries go further and make it harder or impossible to delete once certain criteria are met (pretty sure this was put in place after leftpad broke the whole ecosystem): https://docs.npmjs.com/unpublishing-packages-from-the-regist...