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  • I Was Attacked, Linux Was Rooted, and GPT Emitted Too Many Goblins

    A mixed week, overshadowed by the fact that I was the target of a violent hatecrime on Wednesday evening. Bruised, bloodied, and quite badly shaken. Not an ideal week overall for me. Linux Local Pwnage: Copy-Fail CVE-2026-31431 “Copy-Fail” is powerful & remarkably reliable local privilege escalation to UID 0. It was found using a specialised…