Suspect in kernel.org breakin arrested

The US Department of Justice has announcedthat it has arrested a suspect in the 2011kernel.org breakin. "[Donald Ryan] Austin is charged withcausing damage to four servers located in the Bay Area by installingmalicious software. Specifically, he is alleged to have gained unauthorizedaccess to the four servers by using the credentials of an individualassociated with the Linux Kernel Organization. According to the indictment,Austin used that access to install rootkit and trojan software, as well asto make other changes to the servers."