Something broke really bad

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So, I was doing sudo apt update and it asked me if i wanted to overwrite some mirror-related thingies. Like, it.archive.ubuntu.com was switching from FOCAL to FOCAL BACKPORTS or something like that.
I pressed Y, the default value, and it asked me to re-do sudo apt update.
Here is what apt is saying.

nicolo@nicolo-pc:~$ sudo apt update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]      
Err:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease               
  Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_focal-security_InRelease into data and signature failed
Ign:2 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease                      
Hit:3 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease                           
Err:3 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease                           
  Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/repository.spotify.com_dists_stable_InRelease into data and signature failed
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/apps/ubuntu focal InRelease             
Hit:5 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease                     
Get:6 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]     
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/drivers/ubuntu focal InRelease          
Get:8 https://packages.zorinos.com/stable focal InRelease [9.406 B]            
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/patches/ubuntu focal InRelease          
Get:10 https://packages.zorinos.com/patches focal InRelease [15,5 kB]          
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/stable/ubuntu focal InRelease          
Hit:12 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Err:12 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease           
  Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_focal-backports_InRelease into data and signature failed
Get:13 https://packages.zorinos.com/apps focal InRelease [9.404 B]             
Hit:14 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal Release                       
Hit:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/drivers/ubuntu focal Release           
Get:16 https://packages.zorinos.com/drivers focal InRelease [18,2 kB]
Hit:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/patches/ubuntu focal Release           
Hit:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/stable/ubuntu focal Release
Reading package lists... Error!
W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease: Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_focal-security_InRelease into data and signature failed
E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease' is no longer signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/repository.spotify.com_dists_stable_InRelease into data and signature failed
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease: Splitting up /var/lib/apt/lists/it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_focal-backports_InRelease into data and signature failed
E: Clearsigned file '/var/lib/apt/lists/it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_focal-backports_InRelease' contains unsigned lines.
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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Please run in terminal:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*

sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt update

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I needed to update my apts so I ran .... sudo apt update .... and go this

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see it.

mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
openssh-client/focal-updates 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.7 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.5]
N: There are 3 additional versions. Please use the '-a' switch to see them.

mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$ apt list --upgradable -a
Listing... Done
openssh-client/focal-updates 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.7 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.5]
openssh-client/now 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.5 amd64 [installed,upgradable to: 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.7]
openssh-client/focal-security,focal-security 1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.2 amd64
openssh-client/focal 1:8.2p1-4 amd64

mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$

Is there anything I might need to worry about before I reboot my computer ?????

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Nothing there looks concerning. You can run
sudo apt install openssh-client=1:8.2p1-4ubuntu0.7
to update SSH if you need.

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Done ..... thank you sir do I need to run the command every time I run .... sudo apt update .....

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No, just that one time.
It will have upgraded the package.

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