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Widely used open source software contained bitcoin-stealing backdoor | Ars Technica

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-11-27 20:22:59
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Malicious code that crept into event-stream JavaScript library went undetected for weeks.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin/ [arstechnica.com]

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