Saw some twitter posts about it and seems like an interesting story, but all the discussion I’ve seen assumes some base technical understanding. I’m unfamiliar with Linux and even concepts like what a backdoor is I can at best guess a surface level meaning.
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It allows the encryption keys used by ssh (software for controlling the system over a network) to be exposed to an attacker.
You normally enter your house from the front door right? Well you do that with a computer too. A backdoor is software that an attacker manages to install on someones system that allows them to access it without having permission.
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