Linux distributor Red Hat has issued a statement (Ed: via their errata) revealing that its servers were illegally infiltrated by unknown intruders. According to the company, internal audits have confirmed that the integrity of the Red Hat Network software deployment system was not compromised. The community-driven Fedora project, which is sponsored by Red Hat, also fell victim to a similar attack. More news is available around the web.
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The obscurity only applies to the desktop as I would suspect that the majority of webservers run Linux.
Also, we do not have all the details yet. All it could be is a (now ex) disgruntled employee who had authorisation to work in these departments.
Or it could be that a person who had authority had its account hijacked.
Or it could be something else entirely.
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2005-11-12
People were saying that Linux dont get attacked because of market share percentage. Seems they are doing just for the hell of it, linux Mint go his to as well recently.
I think this testes the state of Linux repos and key system since it's pretty much very minor for their users. Disruption would be for the distro users only, not the whole linux community.