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The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

A meticulous, multi-year campaign targeted a single, vital component relied upon by millions of servers worldwide.

This exploration reveals the complex social engineering and clever coding used to hide a backdoor in open-source software. Learn how a chance discovery narrowly averted a massive security crisis.

00:00 - The Free Software Foundation

05:03 - Why is Linux so popular?

09:57 - The XZ Weakness

12:07 - End To End Encryption - SSH

18:40 - How To Compress Data

23:47 - How The .XZ Hack Worked

34:24 - A Bug In Jia’s Code

38:27 - Henry Hacks Derek

43:16 - The Back Door Is Exposed

47:16 - Who is Jia Tan?

50:33 - Open Vs Closed Source

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The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

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