“Unix Support Group” event
According to
secondary sources research
,
a
well-known, published author
deployed a compiler trojan attack on the Unix login command by
advertising a non-backwards-compatible feature to Bell Labs’ Unix
Support Group, making its way to the login
command within a month.
Impact
None as reported.
Type of compromise
Compiler backdoor, possibly compounded with human elements.
References
- Ken Thompson Really Did Launch His “Trusting Trust” Trojan Attack in Real Life
- Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler , a blog post that determined the date to be June 1975.
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