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Re:Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details o... by cplex on Sunday September 05, 2021 @02:51PM (#28426705)
Question- wouldn’t the change made by APT5 have been eventually obvious to whoever was originally using the back door? It would stop working for whoever expected the original value to be used, right? How did that go undetected for years?
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Re:Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details o... by largbae on Sunday September 05, 2021 @03:49PM (#28427188)
Optimistic theory: it really was just for emergencies and was not in active use. Pessimistic theory: the NSA had already moved on to bigger and better exploits, but couldn't be bothered to tidy up.
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