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"Last week Red Hat detected an intrusion on certain of its computer systems," says a security advisory from the leading Linux vendor. "The intruder was able to sign a small number of OpenSSH packages," in what seemed like an attempt to place something into the company's downloadable enterprise software packages. Red Hat's spokespeople say they don't believe any hacked packages were distributed, but still.Most security scare stories are about potential problems. This was a real, successful break-in at the open source movement's most high-profile brand. So here's the big question: Why did it take Red Hat a week to acknowledge the problem? Because I can imagine the reaction if Microsoft did that. (Photo by Eric Skiff)