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Debian attacker may have used new exploit

by Marianna Schmudlach Nov 28, 2003 1:13AM PST

Matthew Broersma
ZDNet UK
November 28, 2003, 15:05 GMT

An as-yet-unknown security hole allowed the recent hack attack on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system project

An as-yet-unknown security exploit in Linux may have been responsible for a recent compromise of Debian.org's servers, according to a system administrator with the Debian operating system project.

More: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39118183,00.htm

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