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Wolves in the Repository: A Software Engineering Analysis of the XZ Utils Supply Chain Attack

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Main Authors:	Przymus, Piotr, Durieux, Thomas
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Software Engineering Cryptography and Security
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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