Joshua

Linux backers faced another
embarrassing security breach this week when an attacker remotely
compromised one of the servers that Gentoo Linux uses to update users'
computers. After trying to fend off the attack, Gentoo technicians
eventually took the server offline, the second time high-profile
Linux-based servers have been forced offline in as many weeks. (In
late November, an attack took four Debian Project servers offline.)
"We have a very detailed forensic trail of what happened once the box
was breached, so we are reasonably confident that the [software]
stored on that box was unaffected," Gentoo Linux representatives said
in a message to users. "The attackers appear to have installed a
rootkit and modified/deleted some files to cover their tracks, but
left the server otherwise untouched. The box was in a compromised
state for approximately one hour before it was discovered and shut
down. The method used to gain access to the box remotely is still
under investigation."

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