Ubuntuforums.org hacked - Change your passwords

[daredevil]

ubuntuforums.org has been hacked. Just thought I would share the email which I received. 

 

 

 

Hello,

You are receiving this message because you have an account registered with this address on ubuntuforums.org.

The Ubuntu forums software was compromised by an external attacker. As a result, the attacker has gained access to read your username, email address and an encrypted copy of your password from the forum database.

If you have used this password and email address to authenticate at any other website, you are urged to reset the password on those accounts immediately as the attacker may be able to use the compromised personal information to access these other accounts. It is important to have a distinct password for different accounts.

The ubuntuforums.org website is currently offline and we are working to restore this service. Please take the time to change your ubuntuforums.orgaccount password when service is restored.

We apologize for any inconvenience to the Ubuntu community, thank you for your understanding.

The Canonical Sysadmins.

 

[soulJAHmon]

So, to clarify, are you saying that FA forum was using ubuntu, and therefore, our email and password for this forum has been hacked? or is this only a warning for those who use ubuntu, and we may not need to worry unless we do use it?

Edited July 25, 2013 by soulJAHmon

[JoeDirt]

So, to clarify, are you saying that FA forum was using ubuntu, and therefore, our email and password for this forum has been hacked? or is this only a warning for those who use ubuntu, and we may not need to worry unless we do use it?

This is only for people that are registered on Ubuntu Forums.

[Papito]

Wasnt me the only one?, wow, I thought it was scam or something weird.

 

 

 

Hello,

You are receiving this message because you have an account registered with this address on ubuntuforums.org.

The Ubuntu forums software was compromised by an external attacker. As a result, the attacker has gained access to read your username, email address and an encrypted copy of your password from the forum database.

If you have used this password and email address to authenticate at any other website, you are urged to reset the password on those accounts immediately as the attacker may be able to use the compromised personal information to access these other accounts. It is important to have a distinct password for different accounts.

The ubuntuforums.org website is currently offline and we are working to restore this service. Please take the time to change yourubuntuforums.org account password when service is restored.

We apologize for any inconvenience to the Ubuntu community, thank you for your understanding.

The Canonical Sysadmins.