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minus-squareA_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months ago instead of the tarballs that did have the manipulations in them My only exposure to Linux is SteamOS so I might be misunderstanding something, but if not: How in the world did it get infected in the first place? Do we know?
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoFrom what I read it was one of the contributors. Looks like they have been contributing for some time too before trying to scooch in this back door. Long con.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoIt seems like this contributor had malicious intent the entire time they worked on the project. https://boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdoor
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 months agoWow. That is some read. edit:I keep thinking my jaw can’t go any closer to the floor but I keep reading and my jaw keeps dropping. HOLY COW!
My only exposure to Linux is SteamOS so I might be misunderstanding something, but if not:
How in the world did it get infected in the first place? Do we know?
From what I read it was one of the contributors. Looks like they have been contributing for some time too before trying to scooch in this back door. Long con.
It seems like this contributor had malicious intent the entire time they worked on the project. https://boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdoor
Wow. That is some read.
edit:I keep thinking my jaw can’t go any closer to the floor but I keep reading and my jaw keeps dropping.
HOLY COW!