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Gentoo popular Linux distribution was completely "completely pwned" according to Sophos researchers and no current code can be approved. The team immediately posted an update and noted that no real code has been compromised. However, they extracted the Github repository until they could download a fresh copy of the pure code.
"Today, June 28 at approximately 20:20 UTC, unknown individuals have taken control of the Github Gentoo organization and modified the contents of the repositories as well as pages there.We are still working to determine the exact extent and to regain control of the organization and its repositories.All Gentoo code hosted on github should for the moment be considered as compromised, "wrote the administrators of Gentoo. does NOT affect codes hosted on the Gentoo infrastructure. Since the Gentoo ebuild master repository is hosted on our own infrastructure and Github is only a mirror, everything is fine as long as you use rsync or webrsync from gentoo.org. "
No code is permanently damaged because Gentoo administrators have kept their own copy of the code." Gentoo said the compromised code could contain malware and users should avoid the Github version until 39
"The Gentoo Infrastructure team has identified the entry point and locked the compromised account," wrote the admins.Three Github repositories containing the Gentoo, Musl, and systemd code All of these repositories are "reset to a known state:".
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