SourceForge attacked, resets 2 million account passwords to protect users

Within the past three days, open-source community and project hosting network SourceForge has been attacked, its operations team detecting a targeted attack at the sites developer infrasctructure.

As a result of the attack several SourceForge.net servers were exploited, leading the team to shut them down to safeguard user accounts, software projects and protect other services operated by the network. The shutdown has meant that its CVS Hosting, ViewVC (web based code browsing), New Release upload capability and Interactive Shell services were switched off, preventing any further compromise.

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