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OpenWrt supply chain attack scare prompts urgent upgrades (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by shoulderoforion@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Spooren said the SHA-256 hash is truncated to 12 characters, significantly reducing its complexity, potentially allowing attackers to generate collisions.

Wtf. Who thought this was acceptable?