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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by snvzz on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:46PM (#39871674)
>Hans Jansen and Jia Tan

Are they really two people conspiring?

Unless proven otherwise, it is safe to assume one is just a pseudonym alias of the other.

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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by EasyMark on Saturday March 30, 2024 @01:06AM (#39871990)
or possibly just one person acting as two, or a group of people?
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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by cutemonster on Monday April 08, 2024 @12:10PM (#39971145)
Or a group managing many identities, backdooring many different projects
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