TL;DR there was a backdoor found in the XZ program. All major distros have been updated but it is recommended that you do a fresh install on systems that are exposed to the internet and that had the bad version of the program. Only upstream distros were affected.

  • Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    BSD is the way to go for ultimate security imo, but the lack of software support makes it difficult for even the average techie.