From: Luther Thompson <lutheroto@gmail.com>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: I think I got a PewDiePie virus
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 11:25:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190207112545.1e328ac7@gmail.com> (raw)
While doing a `guix pull` on the GNOME terminal, I noticed this:
...
building /gnu/store/4l1f4m8d070mk6w30ky45w13k3ch8dv6-guix-system.drv...
12%
[######################## ]
PewDiePie
84,376,468 subscribers
Get me to 17 mil thank
building /gnu/store/jvli7lca37v94fg8ghfj1li311j7cbg0-guix-cli.drv...
[more `guix pull` output]
2019-02-07 Thu 10:06:56 ~$ PewDiePie
bash: PewDiePie: command not found
2019-02-07 Thu 10:06:58 ~$ 84,376,468 subscribers
bash: 84,376,468: command not found
2019-02-07 Thu 10:06:58 ~$ Get me to 17 mil thank
bash: Get: command not found
2019-02-07 Thu 10:06:58 ~$
The suspicious text did get into my bash history, so it may be
completely unrelated to `guix pull`. It's possible that they hacked my
keyboard input or the clipboard.
This appears to be the biggest security breach on a GNU system that
I've ever seen in my life. Does anyone know what's going on?
I did happen to watch a PewDiePie video [0] last night where he talks
about a virus that forces printers to print a message about him. The
above text does not appear in the printer virus's message, so it may be
unrelated. I have not rebooted since watching that video.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pRh6edafrE
Luther
next reply other threads:[~2019-02-07 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-07 16:25 Luther Thompson [this message]
2019-02-07 16:59 ` I think I got a PewDiePie virus Julien Lepiller
2019-02-07 17:15 ` Luther Thompson
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