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by kqueue 5401 days ago
> Intruders gained root access on the server Hera. We believe they may have gained this access via a compromised user credential; how they managed to exploit that to root access is currently unknown and is being investigated.

This is more related to weak security policies than OS security flaw.

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It's more related to having multiple users with system access. Your security policy now extends to the security policies of all users and user systems. Password strength, system integrity (keyloggers, etc.), token security, and the like.

Hard security is hard.