Linux Reacts to Being Hacked

Someone finally bothered to hack Linux and it was a BIG one!

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[YonatanAvhar]

"If you're gonna hack someone, maybe stick to the people who don't know what a computer is"
My new all time favorite quote

[gjune]

The hacker spent years social engineering and working for free, to gain trust in the community. Only to be foiled by one bored Microsoft employee

[no_name]

Correction: it was NEARLY backdoor'd. Only testing distros got affected by the backdoor.

And it's ironic the one who caught this works at microsoft.

[ChrisTitusTech]

Love you sam! ... btw... us ARCH users were NOT affected by the hack because we didn't link SSHD to Liblzma libraries. We are just the best... we know it... and now the whole world knows it!

[LinusHenzeOffical]

NSA: damn they got our back door again

[Drew_pew_pew_pew]

I was afraid Sam forgot to add an upside-down screen joke, but just at the end, he delivered. I should never doubt him again.

[Zarrar]

"if you're gonna hack someone, maybe stick to the people who don't know what a computer is" Roasting macs like that yes

[NeoTechni]

That CPU spike lasted 500 milliseconds. That's all it took to get caught

[rch]

Over 90% of servers use linux, so it makes sense that people would make viruses for linux.

[whitetiana]

when i studied computer science in switzerland it was basically assumed that everyone was using
the assignments were literally structured around linux....

[mitch]

Sudo Scientist 😂 I see what you did there!
This why SAMTIME is so underrated.

[drRoflol]

"Or, let's be honest, a bunch of single dudes" 😂 I love you so much!

[randomlegodev]

the arch linux memes never disappoint 😂
I use arch btw

[thedreaming]

sudo stop it. Ha! Almost spilled my coffee everywhere!

[somnia]

the funny thing is... it never really went public and was detected in the testing phase

[powerdude_dk]

There's a fine line between "taking the piss" and actually useful, and you managed to walk that line.... until you fell off at the "sudo stop it" command 😂😂

Thanks, it was hilarious.

AND PLEASE UPDATE YOUR XZ LIBRARY TO NEWEST VERSION!

[alicethegrinsecatz]

Actually, no Linux distro got hacked. The backdoor was founded in an early state and from the distros you named, only Arch and OpenSUSE had this version installed in the current distro releases, but only OpenSUS Tumbleweed and not OpenSUSE Leaf, which is used by most OpenSUSE users, and on Arch, it wss irrelevant because the backdoor needs the patched version of ssh, which is not shipped wuth Arch. All other names distros had this backdoor only in early acces version, like Debian Unstable, Fedora 41 and Rawhide. The current version of Fedora (39) in th planed summer release (40) weren't affected at all. 41 is planed for the beginning of 2025, while Rawhide is just a text plattform for new ideas and concepts. Rawhide is not mentioned to be used as daily driver.

[murder.simulator]

Leave that penguin's backdoor alone! Ya'll nasty

[rvmiv_]

Only the early access distros were afftected, so 99% of general users don't have to even think about it

[GamerConnection]

I hate it when they thrash my back door