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Any compiler (or binary) after the evil compiler is compromised. It can inject malicious code into anything it creates (or anything that is produced by what it makes).

Essentially, the evil compiler can include the evil parts of it in the compiler output. Even worse, the evil compiler could include the self-replicating code within the compiler output.

You can follow this logic down an infinite chain as you'd like.

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