MALICIOUS XZ BACKDOOR REVEALS FRAGILITY OF OPEN SOURCE

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The backdoor in the widely-used open-source xz compression library could have led to a significant security disaster had it not been fortuitously detected by a curious Microsoft engineer investigating latency issues. This near-miss scenario has raised alarms about the potential for similar undetected compromises in software infrastructure. This post analyzes the current state of open source software.