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		lyu07282 on April 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deep Dive into XZ Utils Backdoor [video] What is seatest? Can you elaborate? That's the first time I heard that mentioned

throwaway4good on April 30, 2024 [–]

https://github.com/keithn/seatest

Which Jia Tan turns into "s-test".

lyu07282 on April 30, 2024 | [–]

They used test driven development for the backdoor development? Kind of hilarious ngl

throwaway4good on April 30, 2024 | | [–]

Yes. Test is a perfect place to hide an attack - reviewers pay far less attention to test code than the (what they perceive to be) production code.

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