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Not a big deal

Not a big deal

Posted Mar 7, 2012 11:29 UTC (Wed) by job (guest, #670)
In reply to: Not a big deal by slashdot
Parent article: Github compromised

Not necessarily. He could attach his PGP key to any project in the system. If the key was made to look more like a trusted contributor, a malevolent commit could easily have gone undetected.


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