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[Mahmoud Fawzy]

he3 :D a7san because ubuntu has been depending on the proprietary Vbulletin
Forum software ana asln kont met3'az meno awy :D bas e3tabart de shehada
leeh :) ...btw a similar attack has recently happened on drupal.org and one
before it happend on evernote :( wade7 enaha ba2et trend :D

I really love whoever invented the idea of hashing and salting passwords
before saving them :) kan ragel prince allah yer7amo :D


On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Ahmed Araby <araby.ahmed at gmail.com> wrote:

> لو  عايزين ياجدعان احنا اخوات قولي ليا بس ونكلم الناس اللي ماسكة البنية
> التحتية بتاعت فيدورا , يروحوا يظبطوها ليكم , احنا اخوات يعني مافيش حاجه
> http://ubuntuforums.org/announce.html?t=6360851
> 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.
>
> If you're using Ubuntu and need technical support please see the following
> page for support:
>
>
>    - Finding Help<http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/finding-help/support>
>    .
>
> If you're looking for a place to discuss Ubuntu, in the meantime we
> encourage you to check out these sites:
>
>
>    - The Ubuntu subreddit <http://reddit.com/r/ubuntu>
>    - The Ubuntu Community on Google+<https://plus.google.com/communities/107299007624972266094>
>    - Ubuntu Discourse <http://ubuntu-discourse.org/>
>
>
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