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Vulnerability in popular bootloader puts locked-down Linux computers at risk

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CSO; By Lucian Constantin 		Mail this story
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Pressing the backspace key 28 times can bypass the Grub2 bootloader's password protection and allow a hacker to install malware on a locked-down Linux system.

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