Ubuntu Forums Hacked

http://ubuntuforums.org/announce.html

by jtallant • 13 years ago

41 3 13 years ago

ubuntuforums.org

pipecork• 13 years ago

For those curiout about what was up before Canonical stepped in, here's a screenshot - http://i.imgur.com/15u3X7V.png

And the raw - http://pastebin.com/7JXk5s1F

outworlder• 13 years ago

Interesting use of a data URI. Is that much extra effort to upload the image?

asenna• 13 years ago

Here is the mail that all the users got -

Hello,

You are receiving this message because you have an account registered with this address on ubuntuforums.org.

The Ubuntu forums software was compromised by an external attacker. As a result, the attacker has gained access to read your username, email address and an encrypted copy of your password from the forum database.

If you have used this password and email address to authenticate at any other website, you are urged to reset the password on those accounts immediately as the attacker may be able to use the compromised personal information to access these other accounts. It is important to have a distinct password for different accounts.

The ubuntuforums.org website is currently offline and we are working to restore this service. Please take the time to change your ubuntuforums.org account password when service is restored.

We apologize for any inconvenience to the Ubuntu community, thank you for your understanding.

The Canonical Sysadmins.

Ubuntu Forums Hacked

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