Don't worry, the problem was found out at the very same day, properly disclosed and dealt with in a professional manner. Truth be told the advice I gave for dealing with downloaded Mint ISOs should be extended for every single distribution out there. It's uncommon, but we live in a world where anyone can spot security problems (hell, I have one imo serious found on Hubski itself, and I am by no means an expert when it comes to IT. It was solved almost instantly, thanks to mk's awesomeness and quick response.) and it can be hard to resist temptation to exploit them. Seeing how Mint team dealt with the problem, I would count it as a mixed blessing.

On one hand, they got hacked due to lax wordpress configuration. On another hand, looking at their response they probably hardened their servers and will keep a much closer attention to security measures. That could turn out to be a major plus for them in the long run. Possible bias as a Mint user notwithstanding ;).

It's sad to hear you're not liking BunsenLabs much.

I would not say that I don't like it, but it did not leave me 'wowed' afterwards. It was advertised to me as mix of the best things that both Debian and Arch have to offer (and I do like both of the philosophies behind them)… and basically got a Debian with OpenBox and one driver problem. It was by no means bad, but suffered from severe case of overhype.

I would compare it to one place with Chinese food close to my dorm. Everyone was telling me that the food is more than filling and so tasty that you should watch out for suddenly jizzing in your pants ;). After giving it a go I got a solid and fulfilling meal, but by no means best I ever had when it comes to Chinese. Different strokes etc.