The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

[David Spoelstra]

Without even looking at the video I'm betting this is about the .xz thing.
-David

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM Bernie Hoefer <LUG-Member at themoreiknow.info>
wrote:

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> This ~53 minute video has been making the social media rounds, but because
> it plays out like a spy novel, it really is interesting to watch.  (Though
> most of us can probably skip the 1st ~10 minutes since that goes into the
> founding of the Free Software Foundation and what GNU/Linux is.)
>
> What is most surprising to learn is that this *massive* backdoor was
> discovered & exposed by a *Microsoft* programmer (not even a security
> researcher) annoyed by a 0.5 second delay in his logins!
>
>   The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew
>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoag03mSuXQ
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>
> - --
> Bernie Hoefer
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> "The more I know, the more I realize how much I do not understand."
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