GNU bug report logs - #51448
kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most likely malicious third party

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From: Mikołaj Wielgus <wielgusmikolaj <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most likely malicious third party
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:18:35 +0200

In 2020 KiCad moved its official website to kicad.org [1].

Recently, a former member has betrayed the project and sold the
kicad-pcb.org domain name to an unknown third party. The new owner has
subsequently set up a fake KiCad website that is very similar to the
real one, probably for the purpose of serving malware.

Please change all kicad-pcb.org links to kicad.org in kicad,
kicad-doc, kicad-footprints, kicad-packages3d, kicad-symbols,
kicad-templates and all other relevant packages.

[1] https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/10/Avoid-links-to-former-kicad-domain/

-Mikolaj

Message #10 received at 51448-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: Mikołaj Wielgus <wielgusmikolaj <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 51448-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51448: kicad-pcb.org is now controlled by a most likely
 malicious third party
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:35:36 +0200

Le Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:18:35 +0200,
Mikołaj Wielgus <wielgusmikolaj <at> gmail.com> a écrit :

> In 2020 KiCad moved its official website to kicad.org [1].
> 
> Recently, a former member has betrayed the project and sold the
> kicad-pcb.org domain name to an unknown third party. The new owner has
> subsequently set up a fake KiCad website that is very similar to the
> real one, probably for the purpose of serving malware.
> 
> Please change all kicad-pcb.org links to kicad.org in kicad,
> kicad-doc, kicad-footprints, kicad-packages3d, kicad-symbols,
> kicad-templates and all other relevant packages.
> 
> [1]
> https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/10/Avoid-links-to-former-kicad-domain/
> 
> -Mikolaj
> 
> 
> 

Thanks for the report! I did updated the home-page as soon as I came
back from work thise evening, and this is now pushed to master as
e2ce7fc73d7333003f04f2dd7f7fc989db254721.

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