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SE Linux Troubleshooting Tool Contains Bug That Allows Local Root Escalation (Reddit)
2015-03-27 17:22

Ouch! Google crocks capacitors and deviates DRAM to root Linux (The Register)
2015-03-10 06:39

Linux vendors rush to patch privilege escalation flaw after root exploits emerge
2012-01-25 07:54

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223675/Linux_vendors_rush_to_patch_privilege_escalation_flaw_after_root_exploits_emerge By Lucian Constantin IDG News Service January 24, 2012

Android users hit by lethal Trojan root hack
2011-08-24 07:55

http://news.techworld.com/security/3298629/android-users-hit-by-lethal-trojan-root-hack/ By John E Dunn Techworld 23 August 11

Hackers gain root access to WordPress servers
2011-04-15 05:13

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215809/Hackers_gain_root_access_to_WordPress_servers By Jeremy Kirk IDG News Service April 14, 2011 Hackers have compromised several servers that support...

Root privileges through Linux kernel bug - Update
2010-08-20 07:06

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Root-privileges-through-Linux-kernel-bug-Update-1061563.html The H Open Source 18 August 2010 According to a report (PDF) written by Rafal Wojtczuk, a...

selling root accounts on IRC
2004-03-01 11:02

Forwarded from: Russell Coker For some time I and several other people have been running SE Linux play machines: http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/play.html One purpose of such machines is to...