CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads (www.theregister.com)

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[-] m33@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 weeks ago

Notepad++ have been there too

Then you realize very popular software and their official website actually are a one man show. Nobody is perfect and those things tend to work for years without security in mind. At the time it were built, supply chain attack was not invented yet.

[-] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

At the time it were built, supply chain attack was not invented yet.

I don't have evidence, but I'm still gonna press X to doubt this claim.

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