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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by concordDance on Saturday March 30, 2024 @07:53PM (#39879843)
I would have thought NSA would have hardware/firmware backdoor everywhere and wouldn't need this.
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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by redox99 on Saturday March 30, 2024 @08:20PM (#39880040)
Probably not for fully Chinese hardware. Although this backdoor is only x86 so it still wouldn't work there.
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