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Ubuntu Forum Compromise Exposes Encrypted User Passwords and Emails

Calendar Jul 22, 2013 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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A website dedicated to discussion of the Ubuntu Linux distribution was breached on Saturday, with hackers gaining access to encrypted passwords and email addresses. The site, Ubuntuforums.org, will remain offline until it can be fixed, wrote Jane Silber, CEO of Canonical, a company that develops and provides services for the free, open-source operating system.