I wonder the same thing, but with enough resources, there are many ways to attack version control. For example, probably there are exploits in the VCS system and in the database that underlies it, they could steal a developer&#x27;s credentials or hack his&#x2F;her account otherwise, attack the compiler ...<p>Think of the value of all the data in the world that Juniper firewalls protect. Of course every actor that can afford to will invest the resources to introduce back doors. As an example, the NSA had ~30,000 employees and a ~$10 billion budget as of a few years ago; they can afford to do it.<p>For me, the real question is, how does Juniper address the fact that they are such a target? Do they take adequate security measures for the situation (which would be very expensive)? Just take standard security measures, which very likely would be inadequte, so they can escape liability? How does any such organization deal with it?: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Apache, Linux, etc.