So if I’m reading this¹ correctly a three year deep-cover operation to backdoor the entire planetary infosphere was blown because one person noticed that their tests suddenly ran a fraction of a second slower?

This is some “do you remember where you were back in 2024 when you first heard about…” level shit.

¹ https://boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdoor