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The abrupt change in time-of-day when commits occurred supports the theory that Jai Tan is more than one person: https://twitter.com/birchb0y/status/17738713818
by versteegen 3y ago
The abrupt change in time-of-day when commits occurred supports the theory that Jai Tan is more than one person: https://twitter.com/birchb0y/status/1773871381890924872 https://twitter.com/birchb0y/status/1773871381890924872
- swid 3y agoThe text near the box makes it sound like these are just the fixes - not adding the test files but updating them. At that point it would have been clear “the race is on” to avoid detection, so it’s not too surprising someone would work late to salvage the operation.
- versteegen 3y agoWhoops, you're right. So this isn't really evidence of anything. Out of interest I looked up the other commit at that time of day visible in that graph, laying on the arrow. It's [1], which changes the git URL from git.tukaani.org to github.com. Of course, moving the project hosting to github was part of the attack. [1] https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=commitdiff;h=e1b1a9d6370b788bd6078952c6c201e12bc27cbf https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=commitdiff;h=e1b1a9d6370...
- hinkley 3y agoIf the mistakes align with the time of day change, perhaps the author had a distraction that pushed the hours and compromised judgement.