<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">And from the Ars article Ron(BC) cites, it sure seems that the main dev (JiaT75) is the architect behind the backdoor, see his git repo here --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://github.com/JiaT75">https://github.com/JiaT75</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Sheesh, a long-time trusted dev succumbing to the dark side?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Good article from Ars covering this.<br></div><br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div>Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:41:11 -0700<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Subject: Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility<br>
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> Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH<br>
> connections<br>
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> > Malicious code planted in xz Utils has been circulating for more<br>
> > than a month.<br>
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