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

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Mikołaj Wielgus <wielgusmikolaj <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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
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