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Sourceforge: Major Server Compromise Prompts Password Reset

Calendar May 31, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Open source software portal Sourceforge has published details of the server compromise that forced the group to reset all its users' passwords. The postmortem follows news today that another open source portal, themes.org, had also been struck down . . . Open source software portal Sourceforge has published details of the server compromise that forced the group to reset all its users' passwords. The postmortem follows news today that another open source portal, themes.org, had also been struck down by crackers.

Late today the group's website was defaced by crackers before being replaced with a message the website was experiencing "fairly major technical difficulties". The website has since been stripped from the server and replaced with a "page not found" error message.

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