[Utilizer]

Oops! Main Linux OS repos compromised!! Mint users beware!

[Utilizer]

Ping!

[butlerweave]

Script kiddie job

[proxy_user]

WordPress has a million vulnerabilities.

You want to do a blog, rent a separate, dedicated server in somebody else’s data center.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I was trying to get in to download a new ISO last night and couldn’t. Now I know why.

[grey_whiskers]

Was Linux Mint one of the distros which had been subject to etnryism by SJWs recently?

[Dalberg-Acton]

The article says, “they modified the Linux Mint download page to point to a malicious FTP server” not that they hacked the repository.

[DYngbld]

I have three machines running Mint. I love it, it will really bring new life to an older machine. The only one currently running is on my sons laptop, I need to check it out in the morning. Mine are dedicated machines for ham radio and have not been on in a few weeks.

[TChad]

The Mint forum was also compromised. I'd stay away from the Mint website for a while.

More info here, including comments from the supposed hacker:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-hundreds-were-tricked-into-installing-linux-mint-backdoor/

[Mrs. B.S. Roberts]

?ping?

[ShadowAce]

[Stentor]

How embarrassing.

[zeugma]

They should put the hash of the offending files pretty prominently on their page so folks can validate they have a good copy.