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Apache.org Compromise: Understanding the Recent Cyber Threat Incident

Calendar Jun 06, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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As you've probably heard by now, Apache.org was broken into last week, and the system was compromised. How this happened is much more interesting then your usual "known hole in an old piece of software" scenario (although this was the final . . . As you've probably heard by now, Apache.org was broken into last week, and the system was compromised. How this happened is much more interesting then your usual "known hole in an old piece of software" scenario (although this was the final nail in the coffin for Apache.org).

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