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WARNING: Malicious code in current pre-release & testing versions/variants: F40 and rawhide affected - users of F40/rawhide need to respond
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I'm genuinely disturbed that a person who was a core developer could just go rogue.
I'm kinda hoping it was just that a state sponsored attacker showed up on their door and said "include this snippet or else..." otherwise it's terrifying thinking of someone planning some long con like this
We are all relying on the honesty of a few overworked volunteers...
They could of been working for Russia or someone else
Or even a criminal organization.
I doubt it. Criminal organizations aren't normally going around sabotaging things as that would shoot them in there own foot.