[ Thanks to David for this link.
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“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.“In an alert issued on Wednesday, computer security response
organisation CERT warned that the breach could prove to be a
serious problem. “Because this system serves as a centralised
archive of popular software, the insertion of malicious code into
the distributed software is a serious threat,” the warning
stated…”