How to warn people that a repo has been hacked

rpm

The GetPageSpeed repo has been hacked. Anyone with the repo installed will have malicious code installed on their box by yum update, including the file /etc/cron.d/sysstat2. I've notified GetPageSpeed, but it is 1am their time.

How do I warn people about this repo? Is there some way to warn anyone with the file /etc/cron.d/sysstat2 on their system that they have been compromised?

Specifics at CentOS 7 hacked and How did installing this RPM create a file?

As of 6/25/19, the malicious packages have been removed from the repo and new ones published that remove the cron job they installed.

Best Answer

There's no way to warn anyone with that file.. sorry.

If you are trying to reach other users of that repository directly, I would suggest looking at their website and see where other users may be active; mailing list, Twitter, Facebook. In this particular instance they have Twitter, Facebook, and GitHub.

It's a shame this wasn't known sooner. He was just active 3 hours ago.