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h1fralast Sunday at 6:23 PM1 replyview on HN

We don't have a clear explanation of the destructive behavior, right? It looks like it had no real purpose, and there were much more effective ways of destroying their repos. Very script kiddie-like, which does not really fit the main complexity of the virus. Very surprising.


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n2d4last Sunday at 6:33 PM

It hides the malware's trail, and disguises which keys were leaked, making rotation harder