Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: ubuntuforums.org hacked

  1. #1
    Moderator chuckskull's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    The Frozen North
    Posts
    7,713
    Thanks
    951
    Thanked
    690 times in 463 posts
    • chuckskull's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte Z77-D3H
      • CPU:
      • 3570k @ 4.7 - H100i
      • Memory:
      • 32GB XMS3 1600mhz
      • Storage:
      • 256GB Samsung 850 Pro + 3TB Seagate
      • Graphics card(s):
      • EVGA GTX 980Ti Classified
      • PSU:
      • Seasonic M12 700W
      • Case:
      • Corsair 500R
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • Asus VG278HE
      • Internet:
      • FTTC

    ubuntuforums.org hacked

    http://ubuntuforums.org/announce.html

    • Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database.
    • The passwords are not stored in plain text, they are stored as salted hashes. However, if you were using the same password as your Ubuntu Forums one on another service (such as email), you are strongly encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP.
    • Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are NOT affected by the breach.

    Nearly 2 millions users affected. Ouch. Sure quite a few are on here. Get changing passwords if you need to.

  2. Received thanks from:

    stilkun (22-07-2013)

  3. #2
    Minister of Silly Walks
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    Surrey
    Posts
    314
    Thanks
    35
    Thanked
    67 times in 54 posts
    • stilkun's system
      • Motherboard:
      • GigaByte GA-B75-D3V (rev 1.1)
      • CPU:
      • Intel® Core™ i5-3470 Processor
      • Memory:
      • Patriot Black Viper 24GB 1600 Mhz
      • Storage:
      • Crucial M500 240GB, Samsung 32 GB mSATA, MAXTOR SATAI 250 GB, WD Blue SATA III 1TB
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Sapphire HD 7850 OC edition 2 GB
      • PSU:
      • XFX 450w Core
      • Case:
      • AvP Triton Mid Tower PC Case
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 8.1 Pro Update 1 (64 Bit)
      • Internet:
      • 8 Mbps (1 MBps) Tiscali

    Re: ubuntuforums.org hacked

    Ouch. How did they get through to the systems?

  4. #3
    Comfortably Numb directhex's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    /dev/urandom
    Posts
    17,074
    Thanks
    228
    Thanked
    1,027 times in 678 posts
    • directhex's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus ROG Strix B550-I Gaming
      • CPU:
      • Ryzen 5900x
      • Memory:
      • 64GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB
      • Storage:
      • 2TB Seagate Firecuda 520
      • Graphics card(s):
      • EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra
      • PSU:
      • EVGA SuperNOVA 850W G3
      • Case:
      • NZXT H210i
      • Operating System:
      • Ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG 34GN850
      • Internet:
      • FIOS

    Re: ubuntuforums.org hacked

    Some vulnerability in vBulletin is what they're saying. Don't scroll down & look at this forum's footer...

  5. Received thanks from:

    ik9000 (22-07-2013),stilkun (22-07-2013),Ulti (24-07-2013)

  6. #4
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Location
    Dorset
    Posts
    492
    Thanks
    45
    Thanked
    42 times in 32 posts
    • dannyboy75's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI B550 MPG Gaming Plus
      • CPU:
      • AMD Ryzen 5800X
      • Memory:
      • 32GB Corsair DDR4 3200MHz
      • Storage:
      • Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 500GB, Samsung 840 SSD 500Gb, WD 1TB HDD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Nvidia 3080 Founders Edition
      • PSU:
      • Aercool Mod XT 750W
      • Case:
      • Falcon GameMax
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Pro x64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Asus VG27AQ IPS 165 Hz
      • Internet:
      • Virgin 110/10

    Re: ubuntuforums.org hacked

    Yeah I got that email this morning too. It seems it's becoming almost a weekly occurrence now for one forum or another to get hacked. I've already had 3 such emails in the past month

  7. #5
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    London
    Posts
    364
    Thanks
    55
    Thanked
    19 times in 14 posts

    Re: ubuntuforums.org hacked

    Thanks for the heads up. They are still working on the issue!

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •