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Linux.org's DNS Got Hijacked (linux.org)
Linux.org reports:
Wednesday afternoon around 5pm EST someone was able to get into the registrar account for our domain and point DNS to another server -- as well as lock us out from changing it. They pointed the domain name to a pretty rude page for most of the evening until Cloudflare stepped in and blocked the domain for us.
After a lot of back and forth with our registrar, we were able to get things back under our control. I'd like to point out that our server environment was not touched so there are no worries about your data. We've gone over security protocols and are tightening things up that may have slipped through in the past. Thanks for your support!
Linux.org apparently pointed to a page exclaiming "G3T 0WNED L1NUX N3RDZ", which also included a NSFW picture, some abusive language, a shout-out to recently-deceased programmer Terry Davis, and a link to an article about Linus Torvalds' controversial apology for "his hostile behavior towards others in the community."
Long-time Slashdot reader Grady Martin says he also saw the page pointing to "presumably doxed info" about the creator of Linux's code of conduct, a fact confirmed by a report in the Register. "As for how it was hacked, [Linux.org owner Mike] McLagan blames the public Whois displaying his partner's email address -- presumably the hacker worked their way into the Yahoo email account listed as the admin of the site and from there requested a password change in her Network Solutions account to gain access to the domain."
After a lot of back and forth with our registrar, we were able to get things back under our control. I'd like to point out that our server environment was not touched so there are no worries about your data. We've gone over security protocols and are tightening things up that may have slipped through in the past. Thanks for your support!
Linux.org apparently pointed to a page exclaiming "G3T 0WNED L1NUX N3RDZ", which also included a NSFW picture, some abusive language, a shout-out to recently-deceased programmer Terry Davis, and a link to an article about Linus Torvalds' controversial apology for "his hostile behavior towards others in the community."
Long-time Slashdot reader Grady Martin says he also saw the page pointing to "presumably doxed info" about the creator of Linux's code of conduct, a fact confirmed by a report in the Register. "As for how it was hacked, [Linux.org owner Mike] McLagan blames the public Whois displaying his partner's email address -- presumably the hacker worked their way into the Yahoo email account listed as the admin of the site and from there requested a password change in her Network Solutions account to gain access to the domain."
I'm sorry, if you still have a Yahoo email that controls anything of value, you're an idiot and this is well deserved.
I love how they call him the creator of the code of conduct. Apparently copy pasting what some other person created on a feminist wiki is enough to give you creative ownership over a text.
This is a great standup joke:
So there was a 1st World white middle-aged man whose only skill was tweeting 16 hours a day and he didn't feel very white because of it since most other whites had skills worth a shit, and he needed a break out. So one day he used transgenderism as a vehicle in hopes of waiving his white privilege and copy pasted a code of conduct someone else wrote on some feminist wiki and he tweeted about it 16 hours a day and was referred to as the creator like in this dumbshit article, while a band of his social justice friends patted him on the back and begged for this poor 1st world middle-aged white man's patreon page to be funded by 2nd and 3rd world people since it would be untoward for him to do it directly, resulting in the biggest and most pathetic showcase of a gold digging 1st world middle-aged white male whore doing his thing and pulling a scam on a community of people too socially retarded to recognize this scam for what it is or to realize these nuances of a 1st world middle-aged white male trying to act like his livelihood and existence is more oppressed than fucking 2nd and 3rd worlders.