In February 2024, a malicious backdoor was introduced to the Linux build of the xz utility within the liblzma library in versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 by an account using the name "Jia Tan". [b][4] The backdoor gives an attacker who possesses a specific Ed448 private key remote code execution through OpenSSH on the affected Linux system.

Jia TAN is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Digital Masquerade: Feminist Rights and Queer Media in China (New York University Press, 2023).

Jia TAN is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She was a Clare Hall Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2024), a Global Fellow at the University of St. Andrews (2023), and a Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam (2023).

Tan Jianci (Chinese: 檀健次; pinyin: Tán Jiàncì; born October 5, 1990), also known by his stage name JC-T, is a Chinese actor, singer, and dancer.

Jia TAN is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She was a Clare Hall Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2024), a Global Fellow at the University of St. Andrews (2023), and a Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam (2023).

Apr 3, 2024 · In the wake of the backdoor's discovery, a mystery percolating through the tech world remains: Who is Jia Tan, and who did he, or she—or very likely they —truly work for?

Apr 3, 2024 · Who is ‘Jia Tan,’ the coder behind the XZ Utils Linux backdoor? The long-term plan to gain access, and the backdoor’s careful design have experts agreeing that “Jia Tan” was probably not a...

Jia TAN is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She was a Clare Hall Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2024), a Global Fellow at the University of St. Andrews (2023), and a Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam (2023).

Tan, Jia. 2022. “Decolonizing Hong Kong Television: Decolonial Vernaculars and the History of RTHK” in Reorienting Hong Kong’s Resistance: Leftism, Decoloniality, and Internationalism, edited by Wen Liu, JN Chien, Christina Chung and Ellie Tse, 139-151.

Queer Cultures in Digital Asia: Introduction. Reorienting Hong Kong’s Resistance: Leftism, Decoloniality, and …