This hack is so brilliant, it seems fake. You heard right: to break into a computer running Linux you only need to press the Backspace enough times - 28, to be precise. It, certainly, huge drawback for the operating system, which is the choice of many computer snobs and hikiv.
Found a bug allows to bypass the password lock system load and gain full access to the console Grub. With this console hackers can access all data, stored on your computer. The vulnerability was discovered by two researchers from the group of cyber security Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Most major Linux distributors, including Debian and Ubuntu, has issued an urgent patch, eliminating this bug. reported, that pressing Backspace 28 once led to a buffer overflow memory, which allows full access to the system without a password.
