[Full-Disclosure] fedora.org compromised

Ralph Angenendt ralph at strg-alt-entf.org
Wed Aug 11 11:23:09 BST 2004


Hugo Vazquez Carapez  wrote:
> The main website of the FEDORA linux distro (www.fedora.org) was compromised
> and defaced yesterday by Infohacking (www.infohacking.com).
> 
> NOTE: "Fedora is a community project dedicated to building high-quality,
>  3rd party rpms, for the RedHat Linux distribution. Our goal is to facilitate
> easy package installation through automatic update methods such as apt
> and yum, while at the same time maintaining first rate security procedures."

Since when has www.fedora.org been the "main website of the FEDORA
linux distro"? Since when does some guy living in Pittsburg, PA run
the "main website of the FEDORA linux distro"? 

Ralph
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