rafssunny@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoArch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packageswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down12 cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.mlarchlinux@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1276arrow-down1external-linkArch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packageswww.phoronix.comrafssunny@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square59linkfedilink cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.mlarchlinux@lemmy.ml
minus-squareRavuAlHemio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoIt wasn’t removed, it was marked as orphaned, which means anyone can take over and mess with it. If another user had said “I can take care of this long-term, gimme”, I’d had handed it over. I wonder if that AUR admin’s orphaning spree played a role in enabling this attack.
It wasn’t removed, it was marked as orphaned, which means anyone can take over and mess with it.
If another user had said “I can take care of this long-term, gimme”, I’d had handed it over.
I wonder if that AUR admin’s orphaning spree played a role in enabling this attack.