[kwlug-disc] Linux Mint site hacked

[Bob Jonkman]

It's all well and good to say Free Software projects must be managed to professional SysAdmin standards, but how many people have contributed towards that goal? As far as I know, Clem is the only person actively working on that project, and he openly publishes the donations he receives: http://linuxmint.com/donors.php It looks substantial, but when you subtract the costs of running the site there's not much left over for food and shelter.

--Bob.

On February 24, 2016 12:06:14 PM EST, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>And the forum database was hacked and sold a full month before they
>announced they were hacked.
>
>Very disappointing to see a popular free software project being
>mismanaged
>that way, with no proper updates.
>
>http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-mint-forum-database-compromised-for-at-least-a-month-before-announcement-500901.shtml
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