The Other Players Who Helped (Almost) Make the World’s Biggest Backdoor Hack

IT specialist Mario Haustein works on a computer with the operating system Linux at the computer center of the Technical University in Chemnitz, Germany, 8'March 2017. Many software applications of the TU'run on Linux-based systems. Thousands of guests from all over Europe are expected at the 19th Chemnitz Linux Days (11 - 12 March). Photo by: Jan Woitas/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

A shadowy figure spent years ingratiating themself to a developer, then injected a backdoor that could have taken over millions of computers.

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