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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by richrichie on Saturday March 30, 2024 @11:21AM (#39875683)
Huh? The empirical evidence we have - thanks to Snowden leaks - paints a different picture. NSA is the biggest malicious actor with nearly unlimited resources at hand. They even insert hardware backdoors and intercept shipment to do that.
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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by heresie-dabord on Saturday March 30, 2024 @05:03PM (#39878639)
> NSA is the biggest malicious actor

I'm curious, how do you rank CN, RU, and IR?

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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by richrichie on Sunday March 31, 2024 @11:16AM (#39885013)
They are all active players, but no where close to the top dog.
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