Linux Mint 官方放出警告,通知使用者網站被黑以及 ISO 被加料的資安事件:「Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th!」,開頭的說明:
Hackers made a modified Linux Mint ISO, with a backdoor in it, and managed to hack our website to point to it.
不幸中獎的人建議的步驟是先離線,然後備份資料,再用確認安全的 ISO image 重新安裝,並且修改各網站的密碼 (尤其是 mail,可以被拿來重設各種服務):
Put the computer offline.
Backup your personal data, if any.
Reinstall the OS or format the partition.
Change your passwords for sensitive websites (for your email in particular).