Ubuntu Forums Hacked; 1.82M Members Compromised

CommanderFrank

CommanderFrank

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Subscribers to the Ubuntu Forum have just had all of their personal information stolen from the database. Only the Ubuntu Forums were breached and does not affect any other Ubuntu/Canonical service unless you reused your password.

The notice said "every user's local username, password and email address" from their database was stolen.
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Feds need to get as much info as possible since they don't have the cooperation from the linux communities as they do from MS and Apple. :p
 
At least it was only unimportant data.

Became a dumpy place to post a long time ago.
 
How come Ubuntu forum is still down? I'm sure they have some of the best geeks minding the shop, I suspect an inside job.
 
reb00tin said:
How come Ubuntu forum is still down? I'm sure they have some of the best geeks minding the shop, I suspect an inside job.
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Shuttleworth ordered the Wayland GUI installed on the UF servers, calling it "a massive step forward in server user-friendliness".
 
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