Ah, the world of IT. It's a place teeming with brilliant minds, complex systems, and ever-evolving challenges. We talk about servers, databases, microservices, Kubernetes, DevOps pipelines – all those technical marvels that keep our digital fortresses standing. And rightly so! But after ten years navigating this landscape, I've learned something fundamental: the most sophisticated tools, no matter how powerful or AI-driven, are only as effective as the people wielding them.

The Register reported last week that development teams have fallen for sophisticated phishing emails offering early access to high-value cryptocurrency, resulting in the compromise of their legitimate Git repositories and subsequent upload of malicious npm packages.¹ This isn't just a minor annoyance; it's a potent example of how standard DevOps/SRE toolchains can become vectors for attacks targeting your entire infrastructure stack.