April 15, 2024, 3:22 a.m. | Patrick Henry

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What is a Supply Chain Attack


We've all seen the movies where we see a hacker in a dark room who hacking away at a mainframe(what even is a "mainframe"). It's the troupe that prevails to this day. And that is why hackers aren't that. Those are the people that we watch out most for. Now attacks are becoming more sophisticated. The XZ Utils Backdoor is a prime example of the other attacks.





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