testeronious@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoDid One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down119cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.world
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkDid One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?www.nytimes.comtesteronious@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.world
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·edit-28 months agoAnd how many people actually use those? Arch got hit the hardest Ok that’s a bad joke. The exploit targeted Debian, Ubuntu and RHEL
minus-squaregnuplusmatt@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-28 months agoI was on Fedora Kinoite 40 testing compose when it hit… so me
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agoYou were not the target. The idea probably was to get it pushed into downstream over a longer period
minus-squaregnuplusmatt@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoI understand that the Linux ecosystem in general was ultimately the target, yes. I was answering “how many people use those?”
And how many people actually use those? Arch got hit the hardest
Ok that’s a bad joke. The exploit targeted Debian, Ubuntu and RHEL
I was on Fedora Kinoite 40 testing compose when it hit… so me
You were not the target. The idea probably was to get it pushed into downstream over a longer period
I understand that the Linux ecosystem in general was ultimately the target, yes.
I was answering “how many people use those?”