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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 22:51 - 21 Feb 2016    Post subject: Linux Mint Servers Hacked. Reply with quote
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994
Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th!
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I’m sorry I have to come with bad news.

We were exposed to an intrusion today. It was brief and it shouldn’t impact many people, but if it impacts you, it’s very important you read the information below.

What happened?

Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it.

Does this affect you?

As far as we know, the only compromised edition was Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition.

If you downloaded another release or another edition, this does not affect you. If you downloaded via torrents or via a direct HTTP link, this doesn’t affect you either.

Finally, the situation happened today, so it should only impact people who downloaded this edition on February 20th.
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 09:52 - 22 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bulgarians got 1337 5k331z. Sploitcode is here if you're interested, proper old school C:

https://gist.github.com/Oweoqi/31239851e5b84dbba894
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Going
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PostPosted: 16:29 - 22 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3001

Forum passwords also need to be changed.
It's a shame I can't remember mine or the email address that goes with it.
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Pigeon
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PostPosted: 20:14 - 22 Feb 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
Bulgarians got 1337 5k331z. Sploitcode is here if you're interested, proper old school C:

https://gist.github.com/Oweoqi/31239851e5b84dbba894



I love how they have commented their code......which makes me think someone wrote this on behalf of someone else. Or they follow the Open Source ideals, including free use to a wide audience, which is nice.
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