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Amongst other news outlets, CIO reports on a hacker attack on the German parliament (Bundestag) that occured four weeks ago and is still ongoing:
Trojans introduced to the Bundestag network are still working and are still sending data from the internal network to an unknown destination, several anonymous parliament sources told German publication Der Spiegel.[German]
All software and hardware in the German parliamentary network might need to be replaced[1]. More than four weeks after a cyberattack, the government hasn't managed to erase spyware from the system, according to a news report.
Some MPs have concerns to call experts from the foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst, for help, because the agency would gain access to the legislative process, a possible violation of the principles of Separation of Powers.
[1] Apparently about 20.000 machines are affected
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @09:12AM
Because Linux malware DOES NOT EXIST. It simply doesn't. There's no such thing as a Linux virus, Linux rootkit, or malicious Linux kernel module. These things are NOT EVEN POSSIBLE. And I personally did not see Linux malware in the wild as early as FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. That did NOT HAPPEN.
Seriously, Linux dude, go fuck yourself.
(Score: 2) by No Respect on Saturday June 13 2015, @09:46AM
Do they run Linux in Germany or don't they? I was asking a question, not trying to throw shade at Linux. Blame the fuckers who can't set up a decently secure system? Sure, absolutely. Blame it on Linux? I don't believe I ever said that.
I mean, I know for a fact they run Linux in Germany. Most of IBM's Linux work is based there. So that was a rhetorical question, too, in case anyone didn't notice.
(Score: 2) by bradley13 on Saturday June 13 2015, @01:34PM
IIRC, that was only a couple of cities. Certainly not the whole government.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 1) by KGIII on Sunday June 14 2015, @08:54AM
That does not mean that there are no exploits nor does it mean that it is secure. The rant was nice, though.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 14 2015, @02:15PM
gnu/inux has significantly less vulnerabilities by design. You can easily make it less secure and it has bugs and exploits like everything else, but it's still a safer system than most other OSes that focus on usability first. Generally the linux bugs you see tend to be far less impactful as well, a few in the past year notwithstanding, and there's exploits that get attached to linux that don't have anything to do with linux. The upside and downside of open sourced software is higher visibility. I'm quite sure that there have been some horrendous closed sourced vulnerabilities we never even knew about because they didn't tell anyone, and didn't have to tell anyone. If you knew about linux, then you knew about this.
On top of all this, you read into the question something that wasn't said so...
Seriously hyperbolic or purposefully ignorant dude, go fuck yourself.