As in was it trivially misconfigured? Would an earlier class of model have managed its way out similarly?
It wasn't that it was trivially misconfigured, it was using a piece of software (the HTTP proxy that provided access to PyPI and friends) which turned out to have a zero-day vulnerability.
I don't know if earlier models would have found that vulnerability. tptacek thinks they would: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015639#49024442
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It wasn't that it was trivially misconfigured, it was using a piece of software (the HTTP proxy that provided access to PyPI and friends) which turned out to have a zero-day vulnerability.
I don't know if earlier models would have found that vulnerability. tptacek thinks they would: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015639#49024442