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March 3, 2026
The three-year "long game"
In 2024, the Linux world sidestepped a pitfall. A backdoor discovered in XZ Utils — a core utility woven into nearly every major distribution — was just inches away from granting an unknown attacker full admin access across millions of servers worldwide.
The truly terrifying part wasn’t that it was a sophisticated brute-force hack. It was actually a three-year “long game”: a social-engineering sting targeting a single, exhausted maintainer named Lasse Collin.
As TNS contributor Charles Humble explores in our latest feature (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07d3prCCW7Y8-PT6lZ3n3W8xqDsl51FnLGW13hJ9q73qtKnW20NzZS5_YjzSW4W8DnX76GDVMN6540jyzKng2VHK0008FvBZZW29cKP08KdNxlM7DlZxPVb9FN7Gxstlt3635W8-DHf49dVZZ1W5w-x2h6QpXscW2lB_Wf4z8GV7W3TmcrN1wWLTRVSWs0c2CZBjWW6Z_PVv9gDX6NW49pNqb2x0wvFW7ChGht2xxDJRV7YPqd2D6BjCW2MRZ115cwcSjW8_1ZFw6vCyFcW3nCRrB1LxdjRW1hLsMn3D9kzDW3CZ9n12WR_RMW7_xnrf8M3b2sW7rf0k01gTFX0W1_XSbl2VRW2mf14lL6W04 ) , the story of attacker “Jia Tan” is a cautionary tale about the fragility of the human element in open-source technology. When Collin found himself solo and unsupported, he accepted help from a stranger who turned out to be a Trojan horse.
From the mystery of Jia Tan’s true identity to the rise of the Commonhaus Foundation — a nonprofit led by Erin Schnabel that provides “legal scaffolding” maintainers need to survive — this deep dive explains why the next big exploit might be sitting in a burnt-out developer’s inbox right now.
Read more: The XZ Utils aftermath: Inside the mission to stop the next global backdoor before it starts (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07d3prCCW7Y8-PT6lZ3n3W8xqDsl51FnLGW13hJ9q73qtKnW20NzZS5_YjzSW4W8DnX76GDVMN6540jyzKng2VHK0008FvBZZW29cKP08KdNxlM7DlZxPVb9FN7Gxstlt3635W8-DHf49dVZZ1W5w-x2h6QpXscW2lB_Wf4z8GV7W3TmcrN1wWLTRVSWs0c2CZBjWW6Z_PVv9gDX6NW49pNqb2x0wvFW7ChGht2xxDJRV7YPqd2D6BjCW2MRZ115cwcSjW8_1ZFw6vCyFcW3nCRrB1LxdjRW1hLsMn3D9kzDW3CZ9n12WR_RMW7_xnrf8M3b2sW7rf0k01gTFX0W1_XSbl2VRW2mf14lL6W04 )
More stories for your mind this Tuesday:
◍ Perplexity Computer wows, Karpathy kills vibe coding, and OpenAI replaces Anthropic at the Pentagon (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07x3prCCW8wLKSR6lZ3lVW5j227C1p93QjW808lc628xXP8W7X0KBS6fTZxFW4yxZs8443SgvN90fDjPFHt6HW35kDwc4tWDLPW8Hc3Bh7-6HjNW58skmJ63MGvDN7_9mB817Mf6W1Lt8pz3m9GmyW2nYKvH5VdPtlN3vV7G5-fRmQW5RrlXP2BnSmZW4GtnvQ3QJqsFW1sXTWv7NZYJ-W2VN88g22zGtxW3yNMBW4vX9FPN1Qy6xy6yh2zVMcVlz86Pm7lW3PX3PR6gFxy0W4M5f-k1syMfTW6SW1nV9084t6W7BxBST2SXLXhW8DK2wc7j8Q37W1dVSLt3BJdNjW3h0gCb34_049W1BnM__8ZDGj_N67XqJwS-w0lf1-X3Yj04 )
◍ Red Hat introduces its first out-and-out AI platform (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07x3prCCW8wLKSR6lZ3p-W5svkNj7NdNYXW4RlPtd1qsdkqW8ZrC2Q5dpcz4VVYpMM4SvH5TW7MV7BY4tZ4CsW3DM96d5NG8rKW3HTWKk563NR8N6VLfwSDCgbFV8x3T77ptdL0W34l-yf59yLSMW5ZdZjj87m-tkN94vD4KSJNwJW6LzN6C7XBS0bV8skMC39pWGJVtZFcz7zLVH3W3-Pwq-3VrsMCW6jNWnY8XKRM8W1WZpk16N3zBqVfs6BP6ThVB2W4kvZWX70B5Y2W912h0B12f2gCW11HNDX1YYZrgVdnBbb5cpT2KW73HcqF1fTlS9W3DR7sF95xX63W5fkffZ41PxfnW1bwjq71n9mqJW6MwdhJ6R4hCDf2KT9Dq04 )
◍ The real breakthrough in robotics is foundation models — not hardware (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07d3prCCW7Y8-PT6lZ3m7W5VgJgs8yfqTrW1TrDwR15BBRMW7T_6Xw1MW4QJW1kRhCP2LD2KwW6N7DGV56M31vW4lfVcQ252Pt8W4xV8W56RSx6jW90znCX5DpDkwW1RPbl32z55L4W2Lpk7L3JrK6MN1zsGF6fhch8W1Ptv_s5S4tB-W4Bv9l431xjvpW2qGmBc7WtYpDW1nCCfh7GNgWLW8bLJwP68YlxgW7z5ssV7DCZwkW8S81502dwyMvW2QKSjr4JyLlNW7VHSDs2KG51nW84Ws476FNKVFW5Wnwhn4WRDy6N5GXFhHqX76hW4lC0Gj6qYBFHV9Trwc1Z-5PCVVCkMK73fjK2f4v_PMj04 )
◍ Cloudflare’s new Markdown support shows how the web is evolving for AI agents (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07d3prCCW7Y8-PT6lZ3l4W1v5wGg2Kpz33V5fvW68rR4h0W1MtQwL14j4PVW5V_cdW42mDhlVRtjLB24gZ6rN3Kp5jYwJ9CvW9kXv7Y51cjYWV3bzlQ6lmdZZW3cC0kp5Tz5QFW1WT0vd8KHZ99W3tmhTZ7R6DXSW15QxH46z6QjDN4BzQkYrMm8TMZf1_n44ZdWW8gMcbg24lcPWW2KGRDR8prjHnW1yRHWl20tkpfN4JBfQ7X-YC2N8gN68QwVq_hW7JZyHC5LxZLGW8PQPb130_mTdW2ztybX6TCx5mW6YYbh77bGpTVW43vmKG7_CXR_W1ldFgk2ybPL8W1L2rSv2BBvRXf5d5_yq04 )
TOP OF THE STACK
Perplexity Computer wows, Karpathy kills vibe coding, and OpenAI replaces Anthropic at the Pentagon
Featued image for: Perplexity Computer wows, Karpathy kills vibe coding, and OpenAI replaces Anthropic at the Pentagon (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07x3prCCW8wLKSR6lZ3mjVJGLGf6t4jRLW4FSmTw2ldWjJW7HGzdJ4Srv8_W3JzR608d6bSPW4hpJ2N7pP8_CW23h3fm4XncR2W8pLVT99kPfHkW7PpsfV6NRStVW51Ctff1-9NcTW4n6VWG8vKDl8W3RBZgx6D-vThW8mQ88S3XqGFDW2jvGGC3MC5hZW4BKwVR4WfgmzN3KfbsHb_2mHN4wKFbJt2vbMW7z1hNc959sSJN44xg50pWSLFW8KYnyM1_C6S6W5vrw6J8t5wtbW7Y1lQp6M9MsyW22_2Kf4RXWQtW6J3THr1qFLYrW2fVj0t7mJZllW3jyB6N8501HPW3_bp838_vGcZW4Bf0HH4p-VLjN45mw8qYcGY-f6rX-RC04 )
Everyone shipped agents. The Pentagon picked sides.
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The real breakthrough in robotics is foundation models — not hardware (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07d3prCCW7Y8-PT6lZ3m7W5VgJgs8yfqTrW1TrDwR15BBRMW7T_6Xw1MW4QJW1kRhCP2LD2KwW6N7DGV56M31vW4lfVcQ252Pt8W4xV8W56RSx6jW90znCX5DpDkwW1RPbl32z55L4W2Lpk7L3JrK6MN1zsGF6fhch8W1Ptv_s5S4tB-W4Bv9l431xjvpW2qGmBc7WtYpDW1nCCfh7GNgWLW8bLJwP68YlxgW7z5ssV7DCZwkW8S81502dwyMvW2QKSjr4JyLlNW7VHSDs2KG51nW84Ws476FNKVFW5Wnwhn4WRDy6N5GXFhHqX76hW4lC0Gj6qYBFHV9Trwc1Z-5PCVVCkMK73fjK2f4v_PMj04 )
Featued image for: Red Hat introduces its first out and out AI platform (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07x3prCCW8wLKSR6lZ3p-W5svkNj7NdNYXW4RlPtd1qsdkqW8ZrC2Q5dpcz4VVYpMM4SvH5TW7MV7BY4tZ4CsW3DM96d5NG8rKW3HTWKk563NR8N6VLfwSDCgbFV8x3T77ptdL0W34l-yf59yLSMW5ZdZjj87m-tkN94vD4KSJNwJW6LzN6C7XBS0bV8skMC39pWGJVtZFcz7zLVH3W3-Pwq-3VrsMCW6jNWnY8XKRM8W1WZpk16N3zBqVfs6BP6ThVB2W4kvZWX70B5Y2W912h0B12f2gCW11HNDX1YYZrgVdnBbb5cpT2KW73HcqF1fTlS9W3DR7sF95xX63W5fkffZ41PxfnW1bwjq71n9mqJW6MwdhJ6R4hCDf2KT9Dq04 )
Red Hat introduces its first out and out AI platform (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07x3prCCW8wLKSR6lZ3p-W5svkNj7NdNYXW4RlPtd1qsdkqW8ZrC2Q5dpcz4VVYpMM4SvH5TW7MV7BY4tZ4CsW3DM96d5NG8rKW3HTWKk563NR8N6VLfwSDCgbFV8x3T77ptdL0W34l-yf59yLSMW5ZdZjj87m-tkN94vD4KSJNwJW6LzN6C7XBS0bV8skMC39pWGJVtZFcz7zLVH3W3-Pwq-3VrsMCW6jNWnY8XKRM8W1WZpk16N3zBqVfs6BP6ThVB2W4kvZWX70B5Y2W912h0B12f2gCW11HNDX1YYZrgVdnBbb5cpT2KW73HcqF1fTlS9W3DR7sF95xX63W5fkffZ41PxfnW1bwjq71n9mqJW6MwdhJ6R4hCDf2KT9Dq04 )
Featued image for: From vibes to engineering: How AI agents outgrew their own terminology (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07d3prCCW7Y8-PT6lZ3kWW3hvhkC5ztvRWW6GbLJx3H5XDSW4NVCbC6szrHwW4Pbyb21W50jsW31W9Yy55B8wbW63sHjX8LKVbBW5k2Dgr5bXGJKN1f7B38t3y72W5Ps7RK3ndH6FVGHXQn87VmVFW6mXcpK1hsY62N1WQ8MMDVszDW8bMhPW5YRN3nW1GNGp91sWDrRW6C_PND7PtdvvW8LX_fy2fLdlyVLXC2c6jvqfXN22KtmMHSMpxW1cvScN1H5VtgW3ySCqD5QqwR6W8bvMkj8Cb-1rW5td88p3b7_6vW6kqlWm2V1ty6W91cn4D1vHynZVtTCxb8KclJpW7HYdjr74vrwBf2s6g3q04 )
From vibes to engineering: How AI agents outgrew their own terminology (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07d3prCCW7Y8-PT6lZ3kWW3hvhkC5ztvRWW6GbLJx3H5XDSW4NVCbC6szrHwW4Pbyb21W50jsW31W9Yy55B8wbW63sHjX8LKVbBW5k2Dgr5bXGJKN1f7B38t3y72W5Ps7RK3ndH6FVGHXQn87VmVFW6mXcpK1hsY62N1WQ8MMDVszDW8bMhPW5YRN3nW1GNGp91sWDrRW6C_PND7PtdvvW8LX_fy2fLdlyVLXC2c6jvqfXN22KtmMHSMpxW1cvScN1H5VtgW3ySCqD5QqwR6W8bvMkj8Cb-1rW5td88p3b7_6vW6kqlWm2V1ty6W91cn4D1vHynZVtTCxb8KclJpW7HYdjr74vrwBf2s6g3q04 )
Featued image for: Netdata is a seriously impressive server monitoring tool (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07x3prCCW8wLKSR6lZ3nZW8Sj8s388DZf6W5t79Nt3F9FZ3W4VS-3N5ltqFzVzrH7541tnlHW7Qlxgj2RKVbwW97__BR9gJNyBN7yrTqmXdrf_W9cbxwS61MsgrVhdZWF1vzl10W5NC8gQ6wRZPCW7G2wBl3qnK8xVFfbcC1zrrjvW7ZK1jR3B2qPVW8KCHSm4brXsrW4bF67Y7r3XhTW1gdlK56JV3zzW6sFkcd6lYlqNW1cSjts449JM9W58yKDy5SJ5ttN13w7xScf0BrW9g_cJy1HjpZKW4dBN7R5DSSxbW1KMw4s3jbf15N2qzXyZ-CS_3N6jvH3y-d1TjW2rDG8n4T8DWLW3cSttD5pRm9-N1jWd-FWpk4jf3GH7GY04 )
Netdata is a seriously impressive server monitoring tool (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB07x3prCCW8wLKSR6lZ3nZW8Sj8s388DZf6W5t79Nt3F9FZ3W4VS-3N5ltqFzVzrH7541tnlHW7Qlxgj2RKVbwW97__BR9gJNyBN7yrTqmXdrf_W9cbxwS61MsgrVhdZWF1vzl10W5NC8gQ6wRZPCW7G2wBl3qnK8xVFfbcC1zrrjvW7ZK1jR3B2qPVW8KCHSm4brXsrW4bF67Y7r3XhTW1gdlK56JV3zzW6sFkcd6lYlqNW1cSjts449JM9W58yKDy5SJ5ttN13w7xScf0BrW9g_cJy1HjpZKW4dBN7R5DSSxbW1KMw4s3jbf15N2qzXyZ-CS_3N6jvH3y-d1TjW2rDG8n4T8DWLW3cSttD5pRm9-N1jWd-FWpk4jf3GH7GY04 )
Featued image for: The agent pull request flood is here. If you run Istio, you’re halfway to solving it. (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB06Y3prCCW7lCdLW6lZ3mwW5cFqVP556HM6W7Wnb8F50YxfBW5QmQGP94SHmJW5QkCCY7TszrKW78qMrm2SYXWnW6NWYBh3q502jW8xtFRr7YV8qRW2bLyRk8kDKY6W1T8B_94H2w90W8XPmN03PZks3VnzkhC97XCt5W7rfL1n2WGQ48W7h5Y7D8vhn3zVjD9CF5WW3_0VBkqJN10wL2PV9RgL09cHDGcW1G7KfX5znmdlW6Qcb_n39s4PdW75M5zb1gwg2dW8QqF27307LywW40hRQT3wYQJdW1T75qq8M1W3GW6D89FR2C-prJW97SP_W8wJ9txf5TP8KR04 )
The agent pull request flood is here. If you run Istio, you’re halfway to solving it. (https://info.thenewstack.io/e3t/Ctc/L2+113/d5qLSh04/VVvyWN6wpvsFN9lBM-QFgDZ8W1m0cDV5LbfncN8LB06Y3prCCW7lCdLW6lZ3mwW5cFqVP556HM6W7Wnb8F50YxfBW5QmQGP94SHmJW5QkCCY7TszrKW78qMrm2SYXWnW6NWYBh3q502jW8xtFRr7YV8qRW2bLyRk8kDKY6W1T8B_94H2w90W8XPmN03PZks3VnzkhC97XCt5W7rfL1n2WGQ48W7h5Y7D8vhn3zVjD9CF5WW3_0VBkqJN10wL2PV9RgL09cHDGcW1G7KfX5znmdlW6Qcb_n39s4PdW75M5zb1gwg2dW8QqF27307LywW40hRQT3wYQJdW1T75qq8M1W3GW6D89FR2C-prJW97SP_W8wJ9txf5TP8KR04 )
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