Linux Mint website hacked - operating system download replaced with backdoored ISO

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Maintainers point finger of suspicion at three in Sofia, Bulgaria

The Linux Mint website was hacked over the weekend and the regular ISO of the latest distribution of the popular operating system replaced by a version that contained a backdoor.  The attack hap...

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