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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by Muromec on Sunday March 31, 2024 @12:44AM (#39881520)
Overcomplicated design, sloppy opsec and Eastern European time zone altogether sound more like an attempt to snatch some bitcoins by a small group of people in places.
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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by numpad0 on Sunday March 31, 2024 @02:55AM (#39882029)
I wonder what had happened in Eastern Europe ~2 years ago...
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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by Muromec on Sunday March 31, 2024 @05:54AM (#39882849)
The obvious, but not yet pointed out part here -- not everything we call "EE" here is actually using EET/EEST.
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