Article XYSG Press Backspace 28 times to own unlucky Grub-by Linux boxes

Press Backspace 28 times to own unlucky Grub-by Linux boxes

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A pair of researchers from the University of Valencia's Cybersecurity research group have found that if you press backspace 28 times, it's possible to bypass authentication during boot-up on some Linux machines."

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