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		nodesocket on March 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH ser... Can legal action be taken against the author if it's found he maliciously added the backdoor?

saltedtangerine on April 2, 2024 [–]

Good luck with that. We don't even know what country is he from. Probably from China but even if so. Good luck finding him among 1.5 Billions.

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