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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours ago Edit edit: it’s all in the article, darnit. Sorry. It is? I must have missed it but I can’t find any discussion of motivation even on a second read-through.
minus-squareNightwatch Admin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoI meant it’s all about security vulnerability submissions, and although not explicit in the article, those submissions are therefore very likely meant to up the reputation for xz-like attacks meant to annoy/bully the devs denial of service by delaying triage and therefore delaying creating patches submitted by boatloads in the hope of cashing in on bug bounties
It is? I must have missed it but I can’t find any discussion of motivation even on a second read-through.
I meant it’s all about security vulnerability submissions, and although not explicit in the article, those submissions are therefore very likely