The messages show the Chinese citizen and the collective members reacting in real-time to the vulnerability being detected.
“I don’t understand. Which idiot discovered this?” the Chinese citizen claiming responsibility asked.
“Looks like it’s being dug out,” a fellow said.
“Bullshit”, he replied. “F---. How did he find out?”
The Nightly can also reveal that the cyber infiltration operation may not yet be neutralised.
“And not just this one”, he said after claiming the XZ attack.
“It’s okay. I have another open-source thing. It’s also been poisoned. Still can play with it. F---ing hell,” he told another hacker collective in further messages also discovered by The Nightly.
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The messages show the Chinese citizen and the collective members reacting in real-time to the vulnerability being detected.
“I don’t understand. Which idiot discovered this?” the Chinese citizen claiming responsibility asked.
“Looks like it’s being dug out,” a fellow said.
“Bullshit”, he replied. “F---. How did he find out?”
The Nightly can also reveal that the cyber infiltration operation may not yet be neutralised.
“And not just this one”, he said after claiming the XZ attack.
“It’s okay. I have another open-source thing. It’s also been poisoned. Still can play with it. F---ing hell,” he told another hacker collective in further messages also discovered by The Nightly.
My bets would be on either openssl or linux. Very unlikely some go code :)