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  • fluxion@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlXZ backdoor in a nutshell
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    3 months ago

    I’m not suggesting one way or another, only that the quoted explanation taken at face value isn’t suggesting China based on name analysis.

    There’s also no reason to assume a nation state. This is completely within the realm of a single or small group of hackers. Organized crime another possibility. Errors with naming are plausible just as the initial mistakes with timing analysis and valgrind errors.

    Even assuming a nation state, you name Russia as a possibility. Russia has shown themselves to be completely capable of errors, in their hacks (2016 election interference that was traced back to their intelligence base), their wars, their assassination attempts, etc.

    And to me it doesn’t seem any more likely that China would point to themselves but sprinkle doubt with inconsistent naming versus just outright pointing to someone else.

    It’s all guesses, nothing points one way or another. I think we agree on that.






  • Investors asking for headcount reductions seems so slimey. Costs go down, short term profit margins increase, stock ticks up, rinse and repeat until the company is totally gutted and starts going under: sell stocks.

    I’ve worked at companies who based their entire long-term strategy around appeasing investors, getting big exec bonus, and crapping all of their long-term revenue because they’re only goal is enriching themselves before bailing.

    It’s like an infestation. There is virtually zero incentive for thinking about the future of a company beyond the stocks price for the next 5/10 years, and nothing is ever off the table to hit those targets.