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<h1>Ubuntu Forums is down for maintenance</h1>
<p>There has been a security breach on the Ubuntu Forums. The
Canonical IS team is working hard as we speak to restore normal
operations. This page will be updated with progress reports.</p>
<h2>What we know</h2>
<ul>
<li>Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local
username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums
database.</li>
<li>The passwords are not stored in plain text, they are stored as
salted hashes. However, if you were using the same password as
your Ubuntu Forums one on another service (such as email), you
are <b>strongly</b> encouraged to change the password on the
other service ASAP.</li>
<li>Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are
<b>NOT affected</b> by the breach.</li>
</ul>
<p>Progress report</p>
<ul>
<li>2013-07-20 2011UTC: Reports of defacement</li>
<li>2013-07-20 2015UTC: Site taken down, this splash page put in
place while investigation continues.</li>
<li>2013-07-21: we believe the root cause of the breach has been
identified. We are currently reinstalling the forums software
from scratch. No data (posts, private messages etc.) will be
lost as part of this process.</li>
<li>2013-07-22: work on reinstalling the forums continues.</li>
</ul>
If you're using Ubuntu and need technical support please see the
following page for support:
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/finding-help/support">Finding
Help</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>
If you're looking for a place to discuss Ubuntu, in the meantime
we encourage you to check out these sites:
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<p>
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<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://reddit.com/r/ubuntu">Ubuntu subreddit</a></li>
<li>The <a
href="https://plus.google.com/communities/107299007624972266094">Ubuntu
Community on Google+</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ubuntu-discourse.org">Ubuntu Discourse</a></li>
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