Kernel announced that the Linux kernel source code was hacked.

An announcement by kernel.org attracted a lot of attention, announcing that the Linux kernel source code was hacked earlier this month! This situation has recently been investigated, but the code maintainer is sure that the source code itself has not been affected. The announcement reveals some details. It is clear that intruders have obtained the root access permission through leaked user credenroot, but they still do not know the exact method yet, at that time, the OpenSSH file was intruded into and a trojan was added to the Startup File.

As a response to this event, the server has been pulled up and reinstalled. The comprehensive audit has started, and the credential and SSH key of the server access user have been changed. Security Auditing is ongoing to identify any vulnerabilities and strengthen policies.

This unknown intruder has hit the Git system. This system is designed by Linux Torvald itself. It is highly secure and any changes to the Code will immediately trigger an alert. But it still happened.