[TheEngineer]

The hacked site wasn't "the Linux development servers," it was the Free Software Foundation FTP site. It houses no Linux core source code, only code for GNU userland tools.

... like "gcc", the C compiler used to build the kernel and used to build most major server apps like Apache, etc...

In other words, Yikes!

[Knitebane]

like "gcc", the C compiler

...which has been verified to not have been trojaned.

Having an insider gather passwords from a download site used by lots of people is bad enough without adding unconfirmed, inaccurate or misleading information.