IT Observer - Free Software servers breached

Free Software servers breached
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 13:35 GMT

A key server housing software used in Linux and other projects was open to an attacker for four months, creating fears that source code was compromised. The GNU Project, which develops many of the components in the Linux operating system, said this week that the system housing its primary download servers has been compromised by an attacker. The project urged those who have downloaded software from the server since March to check that the source code has not been tampered with.

Linux, an open-source operating system that dominates the Web server market, uses the compiler, libraries and other software that was originally developed by the GNU project. The project warned that the attacker may have inserted malicious code into its software, although it said all the code checked so far appeared to be intact.

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