Ubuntuforums.org Hacked

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 20, 2013 @05:12PM from the another-one-falls dept.

satuon writes "The popular Ubuntu Forums site is now displaying a message saying there was a security breach. What is currently known: Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database. The passwords are not stored in plain text. However, if you were using the same password as your Ubuntu Forums one on another service (such as email), you are strongly encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP. Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are NOT affected by the breach."

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Re:Ummm... by interkin3tic · 2013-07-20 17:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Personally, I'm trying to remember which password I used on it.

Reminds me of an old joke: a man looks glum, his friend asks what's wrong.
The man says "I got a call from some guy, he said to stop sleeping with his wife or he'd kill me."
Friend "Oh, that's too bad."
Man: "The worst part is, he didn't say who his wife was."
Re:Ummm... by davetv · 2013-07-20 18:14 · Score: 5, Interesting

I wonder when they are going to email the userbase with this announcement. I have received no email from them. Perhaps the hacker could alert the userbase as a community spirited gesture.