Hi,<div><br></div><div>well what can I say? </div><div><br></div><div>Sorry if you get this more than once... but as the key phrase is:</div><div><br></div><div><ul style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">
<li>Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database.</li></ul></div><div>I have sent it to all the mailing lists I know of, please do pass it on to others.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Phill.</div><div><h1 style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Ubuntu Forums is down for maintenance</h1><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">
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.</p><h2 style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
What we know</h2><ul style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><li><h1>Ubuntu Forums is down for maintenance</h1><p>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.</p>
<h2>What we know</h2><ul><li>Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database.</li><li>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 <b>strongly</b> encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP.</li>
<li>Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are <b>NOT affected</b> by the breach.</li></ul><p>Progress report</p><ul><li>2013-07-20 2011UTC: Reports of defacement</li><li>2013-07-20 2015UTC: Site taken down, this splash page put in place while investigation continues.</li>
</ul>If you're using Ubuntu and need technical support please see the following page for support:<p></p><ul><li><a href="http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/finding-help/support">Finding Help</a>.</li></ul><p>
If you're looking for a place to discuss Ubuntu, in the meantime we encourage you to check out these sites:</p><p></p><ul><li>The <a href="http://reddit.com/r/ubuntu">Ubuntu subreddit</a></li><li>The <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/107299007624972266094">Ubuntu Community on Google+</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ubuntu-discourse.org/">Ubuntu Discourse</a></li></ul>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 <b>strongly</b> encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP.</li>
<li>Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are <b>NOT affected</b> by the breach.</li></ul><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">Progress report</p><ul style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">
<li>2013-07-20 2011UTC: Reports of defacement</li><li>2013-07-20 2015UTC: Site taken down, this splash page put in place while investigation continues.</li></ul><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">If you're using Ubuntu and need technical support please see the following page for support:</span><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">
</p><ul style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><li><a href="http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/finding-help/support">Finding Help</a>.</li></ul><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">
If you're looking for a place to discuss Ubuntu, in the meantime we encourage you to check out these sites:</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"></p><ul style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">
<li>The <a href="http://reddit.com/r/ubuntu">Ubuntu subreddit</a></li><li>The <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/107299007624972266094">Ubuntu Community on Google+</a></li><li><a href="http://ubuntu-discourse.org/">Ubuntu Discourse</a></li>
</ul><div><br></div>-- <br><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw</a>
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