kernel.org compromised

kernel.org compromised

Posted Sep 1, 2011 0:03 UTC (Thu) by njs (subscriber, #40338)
In reply to: kernel.org compromised by daney
Parent article: kernel.org compromised

If you can break SHA-1, you have a few options:

1. Announce it to the world and instantly become famous for your mathematical genius, then take your pick of jobs in academia, at the NSA, etc.
2. Use the secret to screw with world governments, banks, and other such juicy targets. (Risky, but high possible payoff.)
3. Crack kernel.org, sneak a short-lived and soon-discovered back-door into the Linux upstream sources (which nobody important uses directly), and then wait to see which major government tracks you down first.

I wouldn't lose any sleep over this.

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