[kwlug-disc] Linux Hacked For A Decade?

[Mikalai Birukou]

On 2020-04-08 4:53 p.m., Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> Anyone saw this?
>
> Blackberry released a report about hacking tools targeting Linux for 
> decades, by Chinese government linked hackers.
>
> The articles are devoid of technical detail ...
>
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/04/07/linux-security-chinese-state-hackers-have-compromised-holy-grail-targets-since-2012/
>
> https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/04/07/blackberry-uncovers-china-backed-hacking-campaign-on-linux-servers.html

I want to see substance. I found only, quote:

“We’re not suggesting that this is something entirely new and entirely 
stand-alone, and undiscovered,” BlackBerry executive Eric Cornelius said 
in a phone interview Tuesday.

Have they discovered a metasploit tool? Is it part of some FUD, as 
BlackBerry moves in with their own "something secure, IoT and rainbows", 
which was talked about at defense event at UofW this past fall?