The worst backdoor in the history of open source software was narrowly avoided just days ago.

Had this gone undetected, vast sections of the linux ecosystem would’ve become vulnerable to being hacked and taken over by a bad actor that to this day remains totally unknown.

The XZ Backdoor is believe me - one hell of a rabbit hole, so rather than going into detail on one specific thing, this video is more of an overview on the whole campaign beginning to end.