oh noes! kernel.org hacked.
The attack that compromised some high-value servers belonging to kernel.org — but not the Linux kernel source code — may have been the work of hackers who simply got lucky and didn’t realize the value of the servers that they had gotten their hands on. The attackers made a couple of mistakes that enabled the system administrators at kernel.org to discover the breach and stop it before any major damage occurred. First, they used a known Linux rootkit called Phalanx that the administrators were able to detect. Second, the attackers set up SSH backdoors on the compromised servers, which the administrators also discovered.
