One engineer may have saved the world from a massive cyber attack

Gurjit Kaur
Christopher Intagliata
Ari Shapiro

April 11, 2024 / 2:13 pm

Microsoft engineer Andres Freund found something strange when he was running routine tests of open-source software. He ended up uncovering a backdoor that could have enabled a major cyberattack.

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