If the story of the xz backdoor interests you, you should read the old-school version - the book The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll (yes, the Klein bottle guy) telling the tale of his 1980s hunt for hackers. 

 Can't beat his Newsweek Why the web won't be nirvana article: https://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-web-wont-be-nirvana-185306