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The repository was not created by Linus. It was a Github security exploit discovered by a friend of mine. Apparently he had contacted Github before exploiting b

• masklinn 13y ago
  > Apparently he had contacted Github before exploiting but they didn't show any interest in fixing the issue. If this is true... sounds like business as usual at github. I don't get it, it's not the first time they refused to do jack shit and proactively fix reported security issues before they were used in a high-profile demo exploit. Then again, it doesn't impact their bottom line since nobody switches or cares when that happens aside from a few days of noise, so why would they?
• scoot 13y ago
  > Apparently he had contacted Github before exploiting Apparently not: "I shouldn’t have exploited it before reporting, so apologies if I have offended anyone." http://vikraman.org/posts/2013/12/1/linux-ng.html http://vikraman.org/posts/2013/12/1/linux-ng.html