Worst case outcome: Yes and not few.
It depends a lot on attacker intentions. If he had left the backdoor there for a sufficient time and then used it for a self-replicating wiper, the death toll would have been devasting.
Martin Seeger /
npub1m7…azdpz
2024-03-31 10:41:34
in reply to nevent1q…khhc
Author Public Key
npub1m7vxz9lyfxgp4sdc987pwcly0r8yq2vymxarwswdfd9339t3j87sqazdpzPublished at
2024-03-31 10:41:34Event JSON
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