This could happen to any developer. All it takes is a dumb installation package to screw up your permissions, or something similarly trivial. Also, it's not a

This could happen to any developer. All it takes is a dumb installation package to screw up your permissions, or something similarly trivial. Also, it's not a matter of development, but security and system administration. They are often performed not only by different people, but sometimes even by different sub-organizations in different physical locations. It's not a good excuse, but we shouldn't be so quick to judge developers author knowing what exactly happened.