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Backdoor in utility commonly used by Linux distros risks SSH compromise (www.scmagazine.com)
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Discovered by Andres Freund: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

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[–] intelshill@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Way too big of a target for a black hat group imo. It was only sloppy because they got caught.

The length of this project points to external funding.