The OP is an interesting story. See Ken Thompson's Turning Award lecture[1] from about that time frame; it is strangely similar. [1] Reflections on Trusting Tr

The OP is an interesting story. See Ken Thompson's Turning Award lecture[1] from about that time frame; it is strangely similar. [1] Reflections on Trusting Trust, Ken Thompson, Aug 1984. https://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/712.fall02/papers/p761-thompson.pdf https://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/712.fall02/papers/p761-thomp...