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		KHRZ on July 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft has serious questions to answer after th... From what I heard Crowdstrike just updated their DB file, which means the bug was alreadyq there, waiting for someone to trigger it with a "low risk" quick roll out.

ghthor on July 20, 2024 [–]

So kind of like the xz exploit, carefully placed and laying in wait.

I only hope this was a good guy move by someone to knock a placed chess piece off the board.

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