Aaron Patterson ✅"open source needs more funding!"
*nation state pays for backdoor*
"not like that!"
Eugenia L@tenderlove I wouldn't be too. sure it's some nation state that put together the whole scheme. It could also be a case of 2-3 friends engineers (a'la Office Space), putting together something that's eventually sellable in crime and espionage markets. From the mailing list, it seems to be a job of 2-3 ppl originally, and not just the commiter.
Ian Douglas Scott@eugenialoli @tenderlove From what I've heard so far it's still not clear more than one person was involved (even if more than one account was), but that certainly is possible.
Some nation states would definitely do something like this, but part of the lesson here is that it didn't take a lot of resources. It could also be someone who got laid off a couple years from an industry job and found a scheme to make some money and get back at the industry. And do the kind of programming they enjoy.