[Gllug] Ubuntu hacks

[Caroline Ford]

On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 08:21 +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    News this morning that five out of eight servers carrying Ubuntu have
> been hacked and have been carrying multiple exploits.
> 
> Ubuntu unplugs compromised servers | The Register
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/16/ubuntu_pulls_compromised_servers/
> 
> -- 
> Chris Bell
> 
It was in Ubuntu weekly news last week:

"This last week, 5 of the 8 servers that are loco hosted but Canonical
sponsored, had to be shut down due to reports that they were actively
attacking other machines. These servers were found to have a variety
of problems including, but not limited to, missing security patches,
FTP (not sftp, without SSL) was being used to access the machines, and
no upgrades past breezy due to problems with the network cards and
later kernels. Loco teams will be given a choice to: a. migrated to
the Canonical data center. or b. stay on the hosted/outsourced
servers. Each option has its good and bad points. Jono Bacon has
therefore called for a meeting to discuss these issues. The meeting
will be in IRC #ubuntu-locoteams on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 2:00PM
UTC."

Caroline

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