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by ttoinou 209 days ago
If everybody does that, won't we take 90 days more to detect problems / hacks of npm packages ?
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No, cause the folks detecting the problems typically do so by actively scanning new releases (usually security companies do this). Few such problems are detected by people who do a "normal" update and receive compromised code, investigate, and then report the problem. It does happen, but it's not the "usual" way these supply chain attacks are discovered, especially not the really big ones.
Umm... Tell me how the most recent supply chain attack was discovered again?