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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by brokenmachine on Monday April 01, 2024 @11:04PM (#39901981)
What happened at the University of Minnesota?
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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by tempay on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:47AM (#39903012)
They intentionally tried to contribute security bugs into the linux kernel as a research project: https://lwn.net/Articles/854645/
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