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Ubuntu gets hacked

Audio.Trench

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I donno about this one. It seems that it was too easy to get into these servers. And the article said itself that the servers were out-dated and were running web software with missing security patches.

It'd be ike attacking an XP machine without any Windows Updates.
 
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punkr0x0r said:
I donno about this one. It seems that it was too easy to get into these servers. And the article said itself that the servers were out-dated and were running web software with missing security patches.

It'd be ike attacking an XP machine without any Windows Updates.
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Sure, but anything is secure with patches... even Windows ME...

Any OS and any server can be hacked... I just think it's a bit worrying this was hacked using a blank password sniffer. Nothing to do with security patches, it's human error that's usually responsible.
 
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Zoolook said:
Sure, but anything is secure with patches... even Windows ME...

Any OS and any server can be hacked... I just think it's a bit worrying this was hacked using a blank password sniffer. Nothing to do with security patches, it's human error that's usually responsible.
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Yeah, I get this.. I think it's just the simple fact that they didn't put enough maintainance/time into their servers... Kind of like a "you get what you pay for" kinda thing. Then again, even cheap stuff can last a while if you take care of it, but these obviously weren't.
 
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Remember kids, ANYTHING can be hacked. Mac OS X and Linux are MORE secure, but not impenetrable. We need to be careful in our day to day computer use, even on a Mac.
 

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