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Security Researchers Find XZ Utils Backdoored Debian Images on Docker Hub (news.itsfoss.com)
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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 13 points 3 months ago

Part of it is because journalism is dead and media generally do not understand cyber security.

Second, if it’s a really good bug, you don’t always want to publish it for free. You’re more likely to sell that information. I think those kinds of bugs tend to get exploited and patched under wraps.