Some enterprises, in the wake of #xz, are focusing on their metrics for #opensource dependencies they ingest..... rather than investing money, developer time, or other resources* to directly support maintainers.
But as I mentioned to a friend recently:
If downstreams do not provide at least as much support as a motivated attacker would, we're likely to continue to get these kinds of outcomes - & to be deceived, as attackers shape their efforts to trick the metrics.
As I said, I still do #opensource but care a lot less... the last straw was when I got a literal #deaththreat from someone because I hadn't worked on a #project in a while. (due to personal circumstances)
I dropped that project like a brick, locked everything down and went underground for 2-3 years. Not because I was afraid but rather fed up. Not the best approach but still.
The top U.S. #intelligence ofcl on Mon warned that the #war in #Gaza could embolden #terrorist groups, which are aligned in their opposition to the #UnitedStates for its support of #Israel.
“The crisis has galvanized #violence by a range of actors around the world. And while it is too early to tell, it is likely that the Gaza conflict will have a generational impact on #terrorism,” #ODNI#AvrilHaines, told an annual hearing on #GlobalSecurity#threats.
“Is #Israel starving children in Palestine, or #Gaza?” #TomCotton asked apparently referring to reports by the #UN & #humanitarian orgs, as well as some Dems that Israel’s refusal to allow the necessary volume of food #aid… is causing a preventable #famine. “The reality is that there are children who are #starving. They’re #malnourished, as a result of the fact that humanitarian assistance can’t get to them. It’s very difficult to distribute…effectively, unless you have a #CeaseFire” Burns said.
Israel is killing #children at a historic rate, is killing an unprecedented number of #journalists, and is #starving half a million civilians while raining military explosives on a giant concentration camp.
No part of this is complicated. No part of this is two-sided. #Gaza#GazaGenocide
U.N. officials say 1.9 million people - 85% of #Gaza's population - are #displaced and describe the conditions in the southern areas where they have concentrated as hellish.
Gazans said people forced to flee repeatedly were dying of #hunger and cold as well as the bombardments, describing looting of aid trucks and sky high prices. The #UNWorldFoodProgramme has said half of the population is #starving.
Jewish Israeli refugees get to feel #safe & they get #luxuries not given to ANY OTHER REFUGEES IN THE WORLD - at a repurposed #holiday#resort. Others are placed into hotels with all #amenities in Israel safe places, far from border.