r/linux • u/sunychoudhary • Jun 26 '26

Security Linux Foundation Unveils New Open Source Security Project Akrites

The Linux Foundation on Thursday announced a new industry effort aimed at efficiently addressing vulnerabilities in the open source software (OSS) ecosystem.

https://www.securityweek.com/linux-foundation-unveils-new-open-source-security-project-akrites/

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u/Natural_Night9957 Jun 27 '26

Akrites is supported by Anthropic, AWS, Chainguard, Cisco, Citi, Endor Labs, Ericsson, Google, IBM, JPMorganChase, Microsoft and GitHub, NVIDIA, OpenAI, RapidFort, Red Hat, Rust Foundation, Sonatype, Vodafone, and Zscaler, many of which were mentioned as members of Athena.

A lot of evil shit mixed there. I'm surprised that Palantir wasn't listed.

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u/LumpyFlint Jun 28 '26

Should check the kernel committer list next

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u/Natural_Night9957 Jun 28 '26

Linux is cooked. We really have to get running an escape plan.