bug#51448: closed (kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most likely malicious third party)

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Your message dated Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:35:36 +0200
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and subject line Re: bug#51448: kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most 
likely malicious third party
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #51448,
regarding kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most likely malicious third party
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> kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most likely malicious third party
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> Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:18:35 +0200
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> In 2020 KiCad moved its official website to kicad.org [1].
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> Recently, a former member has betrayed the project and sold the
> kicad-pcb.org domain name to an unknown third party. The new owner has
> subsequently set up a fake KiCad website that is very similar to the
> real one, probably for the purpose of serving malware.
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> Please change all kicad-pcb.org links to kicad.org in kicad,
> kicad-doc, kicad-footprints, kicad-packages3d, kicad-symbols,
> kicad-templates and all other relevant packages.
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> [1] https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/10/Avoid-links-to-former-kicad-domain/
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> -Mikolaj
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> Re: bug#51448: kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most likely malicious third party
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> Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:35:36 +0200
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> Le Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:18:35 +0200,
> Mikołaj Wielgus <wielgusmikolaj@gmail.com> a écrit :
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> > In 2020 KiCad moved its official website to kicad.org [1].
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> > Recently, a former member has betrayed the project and sold the
> > kicad-pcb.org domain name to an unknown third party. The new owner has
> > subsequently set up a fake KiCad website that is very similar to the
> > real one, probably for the purpose of serving malware.
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> > Please change all kicad-pcb.org links to kicad.org in kicad,
> > kicad-doc, kicad-footprints, kicad-packages3d, kicad-symbols,
> > kicad-templates and all other relevant packages.
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> > [1]
> > https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/10/Avoid-links-to-former-kicad-domain/
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> > -Mikolaj
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> Thanks for the report! I did updated the home-page as soon as I came
> back from work thise evening, and this is now pushed to master as
> e2ce7fc73d7333003f04f2dd7f7fc989db254721.
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