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The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One Knew

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which was just fascinating to watch/listen

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What it covers

Veritasium tells the story of the XZ backdoor, how a patient attacker became maintainer and nearly compromised SSH on Linux systems. It also covers free software history and. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel
Veritasium
Length
53 min
Year
2026
Open on YouTube

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