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Ubuntu Forum Security Breach

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

pinkstuff writes "There has been a major security breach of the Ubuntu Forums database. Every user's email address and salted password has been taken. From the forum home page: 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, they are stored as salted hashes. 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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  1. Dupe from 3 days ago by slimjim8094 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dupe of http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/07/21/0318243/ubuntuforumsorg-hacked

    Posting anon so no karma whoring

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  2. Dupe story by BrokenHalo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know about Ubuntu being that popular, but this story seems to be. We had this one on /. only four days ago. Editors asleep at the wheel again... :-|

  3. Re:Open SORES "FUD" @ /. failed is what... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Ok colorful language from a known troll. But the points are still valid. Why the down mods?