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4chan finds Linux kernel flaw for attacks


One activist speaking to ZDNet Australia over Internet Relay Chat said that the exploit provides hackers with root administration access to Linux servers.

According to the activists, the new kernel vulnerability has already been used to hack and deface the website of the ACAPOR, a Portuguese anti-piracy agency that had become a target of the group's Operation Payback campaign in which the group had launched coordinated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against several copyright enforcement agencies.

The activists said that they had stolen thousands of emails in the attack and posted them to torrent site The Pirate Bay. A web redirect was also inserted on the ACAPOR website to point visitors to The Pirate Bay.

 

Read more @ ZD|Net, AUSTRALIA

 

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