“It’s unusual for a vulnerability on a modern operating system to be this easy to exploit,” writes Kevin. …

Is Ubuntu safe from hackers?

Ubuntu source code appears to be safe; however Canonical is investigating. … “We can confirm that on 2019-07-06 there was a Canonical owned account on GitHub whose credentials were compromised and used to create repositories and issues among other activities,” the Ubuntu security team said in a statement.

Can Linux Ubuntu be hacked?

It is one of the best OS for hackers. Basic and networking hacking commands in Ubuntu are valuable to Linux hackers. Vulnerabilities are a weakness that can be exploited to compromise a system. A good security can help to protect a system from been compromised by an attacker.