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[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (17 children)

Can someone provide a summary on what this means? I thought there were malicious exploits in this. Why is it back up and the perpetrator unbanned?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago

There's a Wikipedia article regarding this incident. Have a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor

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