China-Linked Hackers Backdoored Linux Login Software to Hide for Nearly a Decade (thehackernews.com)

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[-] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

I don't know that the current crop of immutable distros would be able to prevent something like this. rpm-ostree, at least, lets you install out-of-tree rpm packages to the base system, you just have to reboot for them to take effect.

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