The Java library Log4j was developed in 1997 by Ceki Gülcü with two colleagues in Switzerland - the inventor tells us in the Neue Züricher Zeitung NZZ the history of the origins of the open source software, which is now keeping the entire IT world on its toes due to a weak point.
24 years ago, Ceki Gülcü and two colleagues in Zurich developed the code for a software component for the Java programming language called Log4j. For many years the term Log4j was only known to experts. But today the software is in millions of applications and devices. Therefore, the whole world is now concerned with the vulnerability found in it.
Log4j - small library - huge problem
Today, Ceki Gülcü has his own software consulting company and lives near Lausanne. When he heard about the gap, it was immediately clear to him what a huge problem it was. His wife thought he was exaggerating, he says. Here is the genesis of this piece of software, as he told the NZZ.
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