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Sethno
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17 Mar 2016, 9:07 pm

I just read this. Seems about a month ago, someone got into the Linux Mint website, and replaced one of the .iso downloads with a hacked one that had a backdoor that'd allow all kinds of nastiness.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3035682/ ... -mint.html


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24 Mar 2016, 12:31 am

Sethno wrote:
I just read this. Seems about a month ago, someone got into the Linux Mint website, and replaced one of the .iso downloads with a hacked one that had a backdoor that'd allow all kinds of nastiness.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3035682/ ... -mint.html


thanks

i wonder how often Linux distros are attacked like this?