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Re:Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown by autoexec on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @07:07PM (#46879378)
The backdoors snuck in because literally everyone is being targeted. Few people ever see the impact of that themselves or understand the chain of events that brought those impacts about.
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Re:Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown by rectang on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @08:53PM (#46880386)
And yet, many people perceive a difference between “getting hacked” and “not getting hacked” and believe that certain precautions materially affect whether or not they end up having to deal with a hacking event.

Are they wrong? Do gradations of vulnerability exist? Is there only one threat model, “you’re already screwed and nothing matters”?

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