STORY: The XZ backdoor has rocked the security industry over the last few days. Took a look, with @agreenberg at what we know about the mysterious persona, Jia Tan, behind the attack

Full WIRED story here: https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/

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The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind

The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code.

^{Andy Greenberg (WIRED)}