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A recent cybersecurity threat nearly compromised global computer networks due to vulnerabilities in the internet's underlying software, potentially involving Russia.

A cyber attack involving malicious code embedded in XZ Utils, a software used by the Linux operating system, threatened to compromise global computer networks by slowing down SSH connections. Microsoft engineer Andres Freund's discovery highlights the internet’s dependence on volunteer-maintained software and its vulnerability to such stealth attacks.