@CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Post #2104841
2026-05-06 19:20 UTC
Do you trust random strangers on the internet, then? You don’t need systemd to get a backdoor on your system. Xz is enough and fortunately it was caught.
Replies (3)
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@JadeEast@quokk.au 2026-05-06 20:44
xz exploited systemd’s bloated attack surface… Users of a sane init weren’t affected.
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@strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-06 23:05
Corporations (like IBM) have one goal: profit; they don’t just do benevolent acts of kindness. So why might they contribute to a ubiquitous collection of software that has low-level access and control on so many Linux systems?
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@lavember@programming.dev 2026-05-08 04:41
Xz literally exploited systemd’s bloated dependencies