https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/25/developers_malware_vectors/

Software developers have been lionized in recent years for their influence over the information economy. At the Node Summit in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Guy Podjarny, CEO and cofounder of security biz Snyk, reminded an audience full of devs that they've become a popular vector for malware distribution.

Programmers, he said "have become far more powerful today than ever before" in terms of their access to information and their reach.