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XZ Hack - "If this timeline is correct, it’s not the modus operandi of a hobbyist. [...] It wouldn’t be surprising if it was paid for by a state actor." (lcamtuf.substack.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thought this was a good read exploring some how the "how and why" including several apparent sock puppet accounts that convinced the original dev (Lasse Collin) to hand over the baton.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe, before a library or any software gets accepted into a distro, that distro does more due diligence to ensure it’s a sustainable project and meets requirements like a solid ownership?

And who is supposed to do that work? How do you know you can trust them?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Fair point.

If the distro team is compromised, then that leaves all their users open too. I'd hope that didn't happen, but you're right, it's possible.