Ubuntu forums are currently down because they have been breached. According to their post, "the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database." [1] They have advised their users that if they are using the same password with other services, to change their password immediately. Other services such as Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are not affected. Their current announcement is can be read here. [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/announce.html ----------- Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu |
Guy 523 Posts ISC Handler Jul 21st 2013 |
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Jul 21st 2013 8 years ago |
Just received the breach notification email from Canonical regarding my account on Ubuntu Forums a few minutes ago.
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Jul 24th 2013 8 years ago |
I get a 404 when I try your #1 link
Not Found The requested URL /announce.html was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) Server at ubuntuforums.org Port 80 |
TexISO 19 Posts |
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Aug 1st 2013 8 years ago |
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