Michael S. Mimoso submits, Linux distributor Debian reported Friday afternoon that some of its servers have been compromised since Thursday. The alert, posted to several security and Linux mailing lists, stresses that its archive had not been hacked, sparing thousands of installations a potential security nightmare.
Debian said its bug-tracking system (master), mailing lists (Murphy), Web and CVS servers (gluck) and its security and search servers (klecker) have been affected and are currently not available, or have been moved to debian.org.
The security breach has also pushed back the latest point release for Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r2. The release was scheduled for Friday morning, but has been postponed. Debian said the update was not affected by the compromise.
"We apologize for the disruptions of some services over the next few days. We are working on restoring the services and verifying the content of our archives," Debian said in a statement.
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