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The Worst Hack Ever Almost Just Happened - ThioJoe (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
May 2024
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LAS14
(14,850 posts)1. Is this info published elsewhere? nt
ItsjustMe
(11,913 posts)3. Absolutely, just do a search for Linux backdoor
Dave also did a video on the backdoor.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10971891
Linux Backdoor
LAS14
(14,850 posts)5. Asking from a non-tech perspective.
The search revealed a lot of sources I've never heard of. Did any mainstream media pick up on this?
LAS14
(14,850 posts)2. From a comment on YouTube
Last edited Wed May 8, 2024, 04:37 PM - Edit history (1)
This backdoor only affected amd64 systems (so ARM computers wouldnt have been affected) and it would likely take some time before it got into Debian and Ubuntu LTS (used by a ton of servers), as they only receive non-security updates every ~2 years, so if it was discovered 1 month later, we would probably be fine.
So, can someone de-techify this and tell me which computers would have been impacted?
ItsjustMe
(11,913 posts)4. No computers will be impacted.
It was found before it was released in the final builds.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10971891
LAS14
(14,850 posts)6. Yeah, I got that. Should have said "would have been" nt