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Re: about XZ backdoor

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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

and follow the relevant links.

Cheers
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about XZ backdoor "William Richards #SaveOurInternet" <corpseleague@gmail.com> - 2025-11-21 19:10 +0100
  Re: about XZ backdoor <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2025-11-21 23:30 +0100
    Re: about XZ backdoor Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2025-11-23 19:10 +0100
      Re: about XZ backdoor <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2025-11-23 19:20 +0100
        Re: about XZ backdoor Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2025-11-23 21:20 +0100

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