Hi Ernestas, Thanks for reaching out. Remediation is being handled by Canonical, so we're waiting to hear back from them regarding most of these details. I'll be working with them to learn more.
The good news is that this has been contained, so there is no outstanding risk of downloading compromised torrents. On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM Ernestas Naprys < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am Ernestas Naprys, a journalist at Cybernews.com. > > Some users report that Xubuntu's website was compromised and abused to > disseminate malware. > > https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1oa4549/xubuntuorg_might_be_compromised/ > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45634367 > > I'd like to as to ask for a comment on what happened. > > Could you acknowledge whether the website was compromised, and, if so, > provide any details? > > Is it limited to a website? Did the attackers accessed any other > environments, repositories/data? > > Do you know how the attackers gained access? Can you attribute it to any > specific threat actor? > > Is the incident contained? Is there anything users should be aware of? > > Thank you for any helpful information > > Best regards > -- > > Ernestas Naprys > > Senior journalist > > +37067582335 > [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/CyberNews> [image: Facebook] > <https://www.facebook.com/cybernewscom/> [image: YouTube] > <https://www.youtube.com/c/CyberNews> [image: Linkedin] > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybernews> > [image: logo] <https://cybernews.com/> > > CONFIDENTIAL: This message, including all attachments, is confidential. If > you are not the intended recipient of this message, please immediately > notify the sender and delete the message. Any disclosure, copying, > distribution or any other use of the message is prohibited. > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > -- Elizabeth K. Joseph || Lyz || pleia2
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