[01:46] <phillw> Noskcaj: are you a member of xubuntu-users mailing list?
[01:47] <phillw> I think is it smartboyhw ( or possibly knome who is )
[01:51] <TheLordOfTime> guys, don't freak out with phillw's message
[01:51] <TheLordOfTime> i spoke to cariboo and IS has randomized the pws.
[01:52] <TheLordOfTime> and they're not loading the forums back up until they have addressed everything and investigated thoroughly.
[02:10] <Noskcaj> phillw, i probably am
[02:14] <phillw> TheLordOfTime: Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database.
[02:14] <phillw> I'm not freaking out...
[02:15] <TheLordOfTime> phillw:  honestly though how many people used ubuntuforums?
[02:15]  * TheLordOfTime very very rarely looked at the forums 'cept for the "Ban the user above you" forum game
[02:15] <phillw> TheLordOfTime: over 10,000 last time I looked at the stats
[02:15] <TheLordOfTime> phillw:  i mean how many from the QA team
[02:16] <TheLordOfTime> :P
[02:17] <phillw> TheLordOfTime: as we have a section on there for uubntu+1, I'd guess quite a few of us have forum accounts.
[02:21] <phillw> TheLordOfTime: our wiki pages point to the ubuntu forum area, so once they have read up and read the area, how many do join? That, I do not know. Alert people to a complete compromise?... Yes, I should and stand by my decision to do so.
[02:22] <TheLordOfTime> phillw:  or perhaps not use ubuntuforums in future?
[02:22] <TheLordOfTime> they're on VB4 which is... old afaict
[02:25] <phillw> TheLordOfTime: and, of course, askubuntu could never be hacked.... This is not a discussion of the merits of support areas, it is an announcement that an area that some of us use has been compromised. Not a drama... just as sad fact of life.
[02:27] <phillw> my views on VB have been made known, I'd much rather they use phpBB3. But, those are my views and I do not make the final decision :D
[02:29] <TheLordOfTime> phillw:  yeah well it's canonical IS that decides
[02:32] <phillw> TheLordOfTime: And I honestly biting my tongue to stop me saying "I told you so"... It's not my department...
[02:32] <TheLordOfTime> :P
[02:36] <phillw> I actually shudder to think who actually decided to have commerical software instead of F/OSS... but, Meh, that's why I do not get too angry about what has happened. It will, at least, make them have a re-think.