Linux Mint Website Hacked

[Corrine]

I know there are some Linux users here.  In case you missed it, from the Linux Mint blog, The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th!: 

I’m sorry I have to come with bad news.

We were exposed to an intrusion today. It was brief and it shouldn’t impact many people, but if it impacts you, it’s very important you read the information below.

What happened?

Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it.

Does this affect you?

As far as we know, the only compromised edition was Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition.

If you downloaded another release or another edition, this does not affect you. If you downloaded via torrents or via a direct HTTP link, this doesn’t affect you either.

Finally, the situation happened today, so it should only impact people who downloaded this edition on February 20th.

[plodr]

Yikes. I didn't download it yesterday because I had one that I downloaded earlier but I'm helping someone just getting into linux and I suspect he downloaded it yesterday.

Thanks for the heads up!

[siljaline]

Also see - > Linux Mint forums hacked: All users urged to reset passwords