The a16z Show · Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Attackers are increasingly targeting developers as a primary vector for corporate breaches. Emilio Escobar notes that compromising developer credentials or tokens can enable attackers to build self-propagating malware or gain access to sensitive production environments.
“Attackers have more capable tools.”
“Developers are now the main target for attackers. Because if I get one of these tokens, I can then build a worm that attacks your company.”
“Or I can just escape or do whatever or access your production environment.”