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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by javajosh on Saturday March 30, 2024 @06:35PM (#39879355)
In which case the defense will claim, correctly, that this malware was never distributed. It was caught. "Attempted malware distribution" may not actually be a crime (but IANAL so I don't know).
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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by timschmidt on Saturday March 30, 2024 @07:32PM (#39879696)
Folks who run Debian SID or Fedora testing may disagree.
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