Github Gentoo organization (Gnu/Linux distro) hacked

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  1. reasonablePrivacy

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    https://gentoo.org/news/2018/06/28/Github-gentoo-org-hacked.html
     
  2. hawki

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    "Predictable password blamed for Gentoo GitHub organisation takeover...

    Due a lack of two-factor authentication, once the attacker guessed an admin's password, the organisation was in trouble.

    'The attacker gained access to a password of an organisation administrator. Evidence collected suggests a password scheme where disclosure on one site made it easy to guess passwords for unrelated web pages,' the incident report said..."

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/predictable-password-blamed-for-gentoo-github-organisation-takeover/
     
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