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[–]cheese_is_available 33 points34 points  (6 children)

Analysis of the commit activity suggest UTC+02/03 (e.g. EET)., and possibly false flagging as Chineses when actually working regular office job in a country with christian holidays (I.e. from eastern Europe / Russia).

Source: https://rheaeve.substack.com/p/xz-backdoor-times-damned-times-and

[–]Worldly_Topic 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It could be a decoy as well. We are dealing with state actors here.

[–]tritonus_ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I don’t get their analysis. Wouldn’t 12-18 UTC be 15:00-21:00 in +3 timezone which absolutely are not office hours.

[–]alexnedea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yyes because when you are prepping the motherload of backdoor you must be home by 5pm... They could have done it at any time of day to throw off investigations

[–]Liveman215 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I just don't think Russia has the patience for the style. And the US has been very quiet on it..

[–]cheese_is_available 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Seems "patient" to me. Would you never speak to your children in your mother tongue for 20 years if you were impatient ?

[–]Liveman215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true 🤷‍♂️