Re: about XZ backdoor
<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 11:22:15AM +0000, William Richards #SaveOurInternet wrote:
>> Would the backdoor have affected any Debian Linux web servers or cloud
>> environments?
>> Also how bad is the actual backdoor? Does the backdoor activate on your
>> system while you’re writing it to be a part of the binary of another
>> program? Also with targeting x86-64 does it just mean Linux computers that
>> use x86-64?
>>
>> - 1 million top web servers use Linux
>> - Linux powers most of Global Cloud Environment
>> - 500 supercomputers use Linux
>> - Android is based off Linux
>
> Actually, if you do you homework, you can find out for yourself. Start
> here:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xz_backdoor
Is there also a write-up of Debian's response and/or learning from this incident?
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