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		tobias2014 on March 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH ser... It looks like this is being discussed, with a complication of additional symbols that were introduced https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068024

binkHN on March 30, 2024 [–]

Thanks for this! I found this URL in the thread very interesting!

https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html

mehdix on March 30, 2024 | [–]

It is an excellent technical write-up and yet again another testimonial to the importance of keeping things simple.

userbinator on March 30, 2024 | | [–]

The other comments here showing that the backdoor was a long-term effort now make me wonder just how long of an effort it was...

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