• CallMeAl (like Alan)@piefed.zip
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    16 hours ago

    The headline is a little misleading, this story is about the group Velvet Ant breaking into devices and replacing the login software in those devices with backdoored copies.

    It is not them backdooring linux login software in the distro supply chain…

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      15 hours ago

      Thank you. I’m glad my instincts told me to read the comments on this one before following the link.

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      13 hours ago

      I’m so tired of news articles that hype up fairly mundane stuff, acting like it’s the next big bomshell.

      In addition to that, by misrepresenting what is happening, it’s literally actively harmful to consume this kind of news, which is so common on the cybersecurity news cycle.

      Yet another cyberslop article.