http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/2242201&mode=nocomment

> justrob writes: "Looks like there was a massive security breach at Source
> Forge. I wonder if this what caused the 'unscheduled maintenance event'
> that has left the shell servers unavailable for a week. Here is part of an
> email I recieved:" (Read more below.)
> 
> "Dear SourceForge User,
> 
> The SourceForge team takes security very seriously.  This week, one of our
> systems was compromised. We have promptly taken the necessary steps to
> correct this situation.
> 
> You have been contacted, because according to our log files, you have used
> SourceForge during the past week and may have used the system that was
> compromised.  In order to complete the security fix, we are asking all users
> who used the system to change their password immediately. We've reset your
> password to a randomly generated string.


-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  <-->  mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin


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