Suspect in kernel.org breakin arrested

[Zenaan Harkness]

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https://lwn.net/Articles/699128/
Suspect in kernel.org breakin arrested
[Announcements] Posted Sep 2, 2016 14:08 UTC (Fri) by corbet

The US Department of Justice has announced[1] that it has arrested a
suspect in the 2011 kernel.org breakin[2]. "[Donald Ryan] Austin is
charged with causing damage to four servers located in the Bay Area by
installing malicious software. Specifically, he is alleged to have
gained unauthorized access to the four servers by using the credentials
of an individual associated with the Linux Kernel Organization.
According to the indictment, Austin used that access to install rootkit
and trojan software, as well as to make other changes to the servers."

 [1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/florida-computer-programmer-arrested-hacking
 [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/464233/