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minus-squareNatanaellinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 months agoAfter a month from what I read, most distro hadn’t included it yet Edit: it had been prepped for 2 years or so and the malicious code was introduced a while ago, but from release it took about a month to detection
How quickly was it caught?
After a month from what I read, most distro hadn’t included it yet
Edit: it had been prepped for 2 years or so and the malicious code was introduced a while ago, but from release it took about a month to detection