Comment on Kernel.org has been hacked (see site news)parentComments−comex15yThe bigger you are, the more servers you have to manage, the more services might provide a way in, the more users have access and might have their credentials stolen... it's actually much easier to be secure when you're small.−waitwhat15yThe real money-quote from the original article was:We are currently working with the 448 users of kernel.org to change their credentials and change their SSH keys.With 448 users, something like this was inevitable...−Dylan1680715yI wouldn't call a root exploit inevitable just from user count.
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The bigger you are, the more servers you have to manage, the more services might provide a way in, the more users have access and might have their credentials stolen... it's actually much easier to be secure when you're small.
The real money-quote from the original article was:
We are currently working with the 448 users of kernel.org to change their credentials and change their SSH keys.
With 448 users, something like this was inevitable...
I wouldn't call a root exploit inevitable just from user count.