lemmyreader to LinuxEnglish · 6 months agoLinux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reacharstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down154cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.zipcybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareouch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·6 months agoDan Goodin seems to write sensationalist articles of vulnerabilities. Then buried in a footnote you notice that the vulnerability doesn’t really affect anyone in real world.
minus-squarelemmyreaderOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoYes, indeed. After posting this I did regret it later on.
minus-squareKangie@lemmy.srcfiles.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoNo, this is egregious, even for Dan. Don’t feel bad. I called him out on the forums/article comments.
minus-squareStrangeAstronomerlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agoSo he’s a journalist </s> Thanks for the warning, saved me a read.
Dan Goodin seems to write sensationalist articles of vulnerabilities. Then buried in a footnote you notice that the vulnerability doesn’t really affect anyone in real world.
Yes, indeed. After posting this I did regret it later on.
No, this is egregious, even for Dan. Don’t feel bad. I called him out on the forums/article comments.
So he’s a journalist </s> Thanks for the warning, saved me a read.