Small piece of annoyance, the clickbait press had a field day with this. From the positive which I appreciate[0] to claiming putting `rm /*` in the wrong place

Small piece of annoyance, the clickbait press had a field day with this. From the positive which I appreciate[0] to claiming putting `rm /*` in the wrong place so that it didn't even work is "file wiping malware."[1] For the most part, this appeared to the work of a teenage skiddy (given the addition of a readme with a racial slur as the text), and not any actual sophisticated attack. [0] https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gentoo-stops-github-repo-hack-in-an-hour-setting-standard-for-security-response/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gentoo-stops-github-rep... [1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/file-wiping-malware-placed-inside-gentoo-linux-code-after-github-account-hack/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/file-wiping-malw...