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XZ Hack - "If this timeline is correct, it’s not the modus operandi of a hobbyist. [...] It wouldn’t be surprising if it was paid for by a state actor." (lcamtuf.substack.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Jennykichu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Thought this was a good read exploring some how the "how and why" including several apparent sock puppet accounts that convinced the original dev (Lasse Collin) to hand over the baton.

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[-] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What if the unexpected SSH latency hadn’t been introduced, this backdoor would live?

I wonder how many OSS projects include backdoors that doesn't appear in performance checks

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What if the unexpected SSH latency won’t be introduced, this backdoor would live?

I'm confused by this sentence. It uses future tense in the first clause and then conditional in the second. Are you trying to express something that could've taken place in the past? Then you should be using "had been". See conditional sentences.