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China-Linked Hackers Backdoored Linux Login Software to Hide for Nearly a Decade
(thehackernews.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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The headline is a little misleading, this story is about the group Velvet Ant breaking into devices and replacing the login software in those devices with backdoored copies.
It is not them backdooring linux login software in the distro supply chain..
Thank you. I'm glad my instincts told me to read the comments on this one before following the link.
It’s also an ai written article.
I'm so tired of news articles that hype up fairly mundane stuff, acting like it's the next big bomshell.
In addition to that, by misrepresenting what is happening, it's literally actively harmful to consume this kind of news, which is so common on the cybersecurity news cycle.
Yet another cyberslop article.
It also makes the impression that linux are insecure and prone to malware, backdoor, and all sort of nasty stuff. Things that are relevant in the current time of people moving away from windows. The AUR news too is making it seems like AUR is a primary repo for many of arch packages