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Gentoo hack caused by three rookie mistakes
2018-07-05 07:02

Weak password, no 2FA, loose policies ... and only luck limited the damage The developers of Gentoo Linux have revealed how it was possible for its GitHub repository to be hacked: someone deduced an admin’s password and perhaps that admin ought not to have had access to the repos anyway.…


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