How one volunteer stopped a backdoor from exposing Linux systems worldwide
A maintainer for a Linux-based database identified malicious code hidden in a tool called XZ Utils and stopped a global security breach in its tracks.
Source: theverge.com
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A maintainer for a Linux-based database identified malicious code hidden in a tool called XZ Utils and stopped a global security breach in its tracks.
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