One of the Open Source operating system Ubuntu's official forum have got hacked today. Firm have officially announced that Ubuntu official Forum have been breached and millions of the data got stolen. A hacker with the handle @sputn1k_ have breached the security of the site.
Company confirmed that hacker have compromised the database contains all user's username, password and email addresses. They also mentioned that "The passwords are not stored in plain text. However, if you were using the same password as your Ubuntu Forums one on another service (such as email), you are strongly encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP."
Along with that Company also confirmed the users that "Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are NOT affected by the breach."
Company confirmed that hacker have compromised the database contains all user's username, password and email addresses. They also mentioned that "The passwords are not stored in plain text. However, if you were using the same password as your Ubuntu Forums one on another service (such as email), you are strongly encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP."
Along with that Company also confirmed the users that "Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are NOT affected by the breach."
As on the above image you can see the deface page that hacker have put after breaching the security of the site. Hacker left a message stating that
None of this "y3w g0t haxd by albani4 c3bir 4rmy" stuff. Straight up, you dun goofed. It's as simple as that"Noe the site have brought down, with a message of maintenance.