[GRLUG] Ubuntu forums compromised

[Don Ellis]

Yes, I got that message, and a very similar one from the Apple Developer
website (intruder attempt last Thursday, notification sent Jul 22).

--Don Ellis



On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:58 PM, desert frag <desertfrag at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just got this.  Wonderful.
>
> Hello,
>
> You are receiving this message because you have an account registered with
> this address on ubuntuforums.org.
>
> The Ubuntu forums software was compromised by an external attacker. As a
> result, the attacker has gained access to read your username, email address
> and an encrypted copy of your password from the forum database.
>
> If you have used this password and email address to authenticate at any
> other website, you are urged to reset the password on those accounts
> immediately as the attacker may be able to use the compromised personal
> information to access these other accounts. It is important to have a
> distinct password for different accounts.
>
> The ubuntuforums.org website is currently offline and we are working to
> restore this service. Please take the time to change your ubuntuforums.orgaccount
> password when service is restored.
>
> We apologize for any inconvenience to the Ubuntu community, thank you for
> your understanding.
>
> The Canonical Sysadmins.
>
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