# Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies

**[medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610](https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610)**

Alex Birsan February 9, 2021

[Alex Birsan](https://medium.com/@alex.birsan?source=post_page-----4a5d60fec610--------------------------------)

Feb 9, 2021


11 min read

## The Story of a Novel Supply Chain Attack

Ever since I started learning how to code, I have been fascinated by the level of trust we put
in a simple command like this one:
```
pip install package_name

```

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