ubuntu forums breached

noswal

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Hi, just went to ubuntu forum to look up some things and I get this:

Ubuntu Forums is down for maintenance

There has been a security breach on the Ubuntu Forums. The Canonical IS team is working hard as we speak to restore normal operations. This page will be updated regularly with progress reports.

What we know

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. 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.
Progress report

2013-07-20 2011UTC: Reports of defacement
2013-07-20 2015UTC: Site taken down, this splash page put in place while investigation continues.


back to windows for today
 
What type of encryption would they have used on the passwd file? Why not encrypt the email address as well?
 
ponder said:
What type of encryption would they have used on the passwd file? Why not encrypt the email address as well?
Most likely just sha.
Bummed that they got whacked though.
 
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