[Discuss] Linux Mint backdoored

[pw]

If they had access to the ISO wouldn't they also have access to the MD5?
What did they hack into, just the file system or the complete page?

P


On 16-02-21 05:06 PM, Deryk Barker (Honorary Colleague) wrote:
> However, anyone who downloaded the ISO and then checked the md5 checksum would have known  there was a problem.
>
> Moral....
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> Interesting.
>
> So how can we be sure of the other distros?
>
> I guess it's still less exposure of privacy to use most linux distros.
>
> The question is, what's better?; the NSA get your info, Walmart, or
> hackers?
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> Or are  hackers just the mafia version of Walmart
> and invasive government now?
>
>
> P
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> On 16-02-21 02:50 PM, Darren Duncan wrote:
>> So, this happened:
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>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/3035682/security/hackers-planted-a-backdoor-inside-a-compromised-version-of-linux-mint.html
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>> -- Darren Duncan
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