canpolat@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 9 months agoWhat we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the worldarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarederptastic@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoto me: the most chilling thing is that someone involved in the open source ecosystem introduced this vulnerability and, if it was intentional, what else did they do?
minus-squareFlipper@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIt isn’t if it was intentional. It was intentional. Otherwise the exploit chain wouldn’t be so convoluted.
to me: the most chilling thing is that someone involved in the open source ecosystem introduced this vulnerability and, if it was intentional, what else did they do?
It isn’t if it was intentional. It was intentional. Otherwise the exploit chain wouldn’t be so convoluted.