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Linux Mint hack: Backdoored ISOs, stolen forums database (Help Net Security)
2016-02-22 16:49

The web properties of the project developing Linux Mint have been compromised, and the attacker managed to put up a backdoored version of the distro for download for a little while. The breach was announced by project leader Clement Lefebvre on Sunday, February 21, via a blog post. “Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it,” he shared. “As far as … More →


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