‘Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack? A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/technology/prevent-cyberattack-linux.html #tech #security #cybersecurity
Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world.

The New York Times

@Frederik_Borgesius stopping ‘xz supply chain’ attacks requires primarily modern intelligence services.

#xz #xzBackdoor #OpenSource #inlichtingendienst