What is a coder's worst nightmare? (2014)
The OP is an interesting story. See Ken Thompson's Turning Award lecture[1] from about that time frame; it is strangely similar.<p>[1] Reflections on Trusting Trust, Ken Thompson, Aug 1984. <a href="https://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/712.fall02/papers/p761-thompson.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/712.fall02/papers/p761-thomp...</a>