> ignoring the fact that this backdoor survived for 3 YEARS of code reviews While I don't disagree with the rest of your comment it's possible that this portio

> ignoring the fact that this backdoor survived for 3 YEARS of code reviews While I don't disagree with the rest of your comment it's possible that this portion of the code was only reviewed once (if at all) during the entire 3 years whereas your comment makes it sound like it was constantly reviewed over the period of 3 years.