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Arch Linux's AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] northernlights@fedia.io 6 points 21 hours ago

A MitM attack defines the attack technique, not the target. It's when the target wants to connect to something but it connects through you first, and you forward while collecting/altering data.