Monday, September 12, 2011

Linux Community Websites Hacked

 by Matthew Broersma


Sites including Linux.com and LinuxFoundation.org have been taken offline, following a fresh attack
Several of the Linux community’s key websites have been unavailable since late last week following a security breach discovered on Thursday, according to the Linux Foundation.
The Foundation, a non-profit group created to help fuel the growth of Linux, has taken down LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com and their subdomains for maintenance following the breach, which it believes to be connected to an attack on kernel.org in August.

‘Extreme caution’

“The Linux Foundation made this decision in the interest of extreme caution and security best practices,” the Foundation said in a statement on linux.com. FULL ARTICLE: eWEEK

No comments:

Post a Comment