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The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 (2013)
Josh wrote recently about a serious security bug that appeared in Debian Linux back in 2006, and whether it was really a backdoor inserted by the NSA. (He concluded that it probably was not.) Today I want to write about another incident, in 2003, in which someone tried to backdoor the Linux kernel. This one […]
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Security & PrivacyHistory & Retro Computing2020
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2020 | The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 (2013) by t4h4 | 298 | 141 |
| Dec 29, 2023 | The Linux backdoor attempt of 2003 (2013) by zhan_eg | 223 | 98 |
| Oct 9, 2018 | The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 by sytse | 141 | 28 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 12 Hacker News comments by 12 different people, from May 2017 to Dec 2023.
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- codedokode · Dec 28, 2023
- feral · Apr 29, 2021
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