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Two FreeBSD Project Servers Hacked

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

hypnosec writes "The FreeBSD project has suffered a security breach. Hackers have successfully compromised servers that were part of the infrastructure used to build third-party software packages. The Security team over at the FreeBSD project is of the opinion that hackers were able to gain access to the servers using legitimate SSH keys and not by exploiting any operating system vulnerabilities. Instances of intrusion were first detected on November 11. FreeBSD project, through a message on public announcements mailing list said that the security breach hasn't affected the project's core components like kernel or system libraries but, has affected third-party software packages being distributed by the project."

2 of 46 comments (clear)

  1. Yes, I read /. on Saturday by alphatel · · Score: 5, Informative

    This was already submitted two days ago.
    New article link merely references the material already posted by freebsd on Nov 17th.

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  2. at least its 36 hours since the original posting by Lawrence_Bird · · Score: 3, Informative

    Posted by timothy on Saturday November 17, @09:22AM
    from the happy-transparency dept.