Feds pin brazen kernel.org intrusion on 27-year-old programmer

Posted by BernardSwiss on Sep 3, 2016 12:24 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Dan Goodin
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In August 2011, multiple servers used to maintain and distribute the Linux operating system kernel were infected with malware that gave an unknown intruder almost unfettered access. Earlier this week, the five-year-old breach investigation got its first big break when federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing a South Florida computer programmer of carrying out the attack.

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