"Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > on Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:30:36AM -0800, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: >> on Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:07:20PM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat (ragu@asianetonline.net) wrote: >> > Jerome posts: >> > >> > >> What happens to www.debian.org ? >> > >> > Someone has cracked all the servers of the Debian Project. There has >> > been a severe security mishap and guys should uninstall all stuff >> > downloaded and installed in the past 2 days. Please do not apt-get >> > anything right now! Please wait till an `official' release happens! >> >> Hoax. > > OK, possibly not. > > I've got no verified information, but I've got several usually reliable > sources backing this story. I'm not in any position to make an official announcement (I barely know anything more than you guys), but I know enough to state this story is an quite an exaggeration. Please remain calm, nothing (much) to see here. ;) There's no evidence to suggest any Debian packages have been trojaned or anything of that nature. > There should be an official announcement one way or the other soon. Yes, within the next hour. -- Don't worry, it's *in*-flammable.
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