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How Open Is Open Source? Averted Cyber Attack Indicates Watershed Moment In Open Source Supply Chain Security And Poses Important Questions On Software Liability - Security - UK

Apr 12, 2024 | mondaq.com | Peter Dalton |Julia Ostendorf

Malicious code in open source software XZ Utils revealed a years-long compromise effort to gain remote administrator access to Linux systems. The cyber operation could have resulted in an unprecedented open source supply chain attack and was averted through the accidental discovery by a software engineer.

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