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This is probably the worst backdoor in history in the open source sphere, if not ever. Certainly the worst of my career.

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• diffeomorphism 3y ago
  Worst as in "bad" or worst as in "did not have any impact as a backdoor"?
  • formerly_proven 3y ago
    Both? This is eternal blue, Linux edition, except it was never shipped.
  • junon 3y ago
    Bad. And we don't know if the intended target, if any, was ever hit. They might still have gotten what they wanted. In terms of severity and nefarious intent, it's probably the worst that's happened.
• kator 3y ago
  My favorite was sendmail's WIZ followed by SHELL bug.