Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com...
by eru on Saturday March 30, 2024 @07:56AM
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Not all government employees are equally capable.
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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com...
by EvmRoot on Saturday March 30, 2024 @12:28PM
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Even if they contract it out, at $350/hr (which is not a price that would raise any flags), that is less that $750k. Even with a fancy office, couple of laptops and 5' monitors, this is less than a day at the bombing range or a few minutes keeping an aircraft carrier operational.
Even a team of 10 people working on this - the code and social aspect - would be a drop in the bucket for any nation-state.