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Notepad++ updater installed malware (www.heise.de)

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[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

So the private key was left in the Github source code and nobody caught it? Or was it the public key? (which makes this statement way less impactful)

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[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

Private key probably. Only the public key is not enough to sign the package.

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