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[–] DownloadedYourCar ago  (edited ago)

the hacker was able to change page data as well as upload new ISOs,

No, only the links, changed to point to different iso's hosted by the hackers elsewhere.

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[–] 4390189? 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Inexperience in site administration can also be a key to a flawed source code repository. When I update Mint then maybe I also pull in some compromised sources and packages.

I see it all the time, developers finding all sorts of excuses of delivering bad quality and projects that sucks. If Mint wants to be installed in home users computers that have no technical knowledge then it must up its quality. Simple users like my parents must trust the automatic update without need to read the change log.

The success of a product is not only the best tools but also the best PR and image it creates. I still see bugs in the Mint comments section (backtracks) that has a clear indication that they do not have it yet under control.

Interestingly, this hack can also be a big promotion for Mint since it now ends up in Google rankings and make people curious. If Mint can demonstrate that "Yes we sucked at the hack but here is how we are going to fix it" then it might actually get more popular.