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The hack that almost broke the internet

Planet Money

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The Fragile Structure of the Internet: Debt and Software Vulnerabilities

This chapter explores the alarming rise of U.S. federal debt and its interest payments, now exceeding national defense spending. It also uses a Jenga tower metaphor to illustrate the vulnerabilities within open source software, spotlighting Lasse Kotlin and his work on XZ in the broader context of software fragility.

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