On September 8, 2025, a significant supply chain incident impacted the open-source community when attackers compromised a maintainer account and injected malicious updates into over 18 popular NPM packages, such as chalk and debug, which aimed to steal cryptocurrency wallets. The incident highlights the vulnerability of the software ecosystem to a single point of compromise and underscores the necessity for organizations to bolster their defenses through rigorous open-source dependency management and policy-driven security controls. Harness Supply Chain Security (SCS) offers solutions by providing tools for OSS search, AI-assisted policy enforcement, and continuous remediation tracking, allowing teams to quickly identify vulnerabilities, prevent compromised packages from entering new builds, and ensure complete risk mitigation. These capabilities are designed to enhance the integrity of the software supply chain, enabling teams to swiftly detect, prevent, and remediate threats.