Canonical GitHub account hacked, Ubuntu source code safe

mood · Jul 7, 2019

Canonical GitHub account hacked, Ubuntu source code safe
Ubuntu source code appears to be safe; however Canonical is investigating
July 7, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-github-account-hacked-ubuntu-source-code-safe/

The GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, was hacked on Saturday, July 6.
"We can confirm that on 2019-07-06 there was a Canonical owned account on GitHub whose credentials were compromised and used to create repositories and issues among other activities," the Ubuntu security team said in a statement.

"Furthermore, the Launchpad infrastructure where the Ubuntu distribution is built and maintained is disconnected from GitHub and there is also no indication that it has been affected."
The Ubuntu security team said it plans to publish another public update once it finishes its investigation into the incident, and after it carries out an audit and carries out any other needed remediations.
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