Dreamhost FTP/Shell Password Database Breached

New submitter Ccmods writes "Below is a snippet from an email Dreamhost sent to subscribers early Saturday morning, describing an intrusion into the database storing FTP and SSH usernames and passwords: 'We are writing to let you know that there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your passwords at DreamHost today. Our security systems detected the potential breach this morning and we immediately took the defensive precaution of expiring and resetting all FTP/shell access passwords for all DreamHost customers and their users. ... Only the FTP/shell access passwords appear to have been compromised by the illegal access. Web panel passwords, email passwords and billing information for DreamHost customers were not affected or accessed.'"

Re:Not a big deal

[Anonymous Coward]

it's good to see some rationality being injected somewhere.

You mean as opposed to SQL being injected somewhere, of course.

Re:Not a big deal

[ZackZero]

Of course, since rationality hasn't historically been deliverable by SQL injection :P