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by anematode 80 days ago
Looks like a very sophisticated operation, and I feel for the maintainer who had his machine compromised.

The next incarnation of this, I worry, is that the malware hibernates somehow (e.g., if (Date.now() < 1776188434046) { exit(); }) to maximize the damage.

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Isn't that already how it is?

I mean the compromised machine registers itself on the command server and occasionally checks for workloads.

The hacker then decides his next actions - depending on the machine they compromised they'll either try to spread (like this time) and make a broad attack or they may go more in-depth and try to exfiltrate data/spread internally if eg a build node has been compromised