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XZ backdoor in a nutshell (lemmy.zip)

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

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

In the words of the devs in that security email, and I'm paraphrasing -

"Lots of people giving next steps, not a lot people lending a hand."

I say this as a person not lending a hand. This stuff over my head and outside my industry knowledge and experience, even after I spent the whole weekend piecing everything together.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You are right, as you note this requires a set of skills that many don't possess.

I have been looking for ways I can help going forward too where time permits. I was just thinking having a list of possible targets would be helpful as we could crowdsource the effort on gitlab or something.

I know the folks in the lists are up to their necks going through this and they will communicate to us in good time when the investigations have concluded.