Anyone who knows the Jailbreak world knows that the BigBoss repo is one of the default repositories where most of Cydia's tweaks are found. Well, as we have been able to know, BigBoss repo has been hacked by some person or group of people whose identity is still unknown.
Apparently, the hackers have had access to all the packages available in BigBoss (paid and free) available in the repo, have created an index and downloaded all available database. The assailant or assailants have created a new repo that can be added to the Cydia app store to download all the content that was in the BigBoss repo completely free of charge. As is usual in this type of security breach, Jailbreak users should be cautious and not download any tweak from this repo, as they can bring "surprises".
The group nicknamed ripBigBoss, which is causing a lot of stir these last few days, explains that the The motivation for their actions comes from the possible creation of a new tweaks store., just like Cydia, but not controlled by Saurik. In this article, my partner Luis explains perfectly la revolt that has originated in the Jailbreak world for the teaks business. They also suggest users to follow the hashtag #WhichSideAreYouOn and #SupportTheCompetition. It is important to note that the latest messages shown in these hashtags try to disguise and try to blur the possible culprits of this attack on the BigBoss repo.
From Actualidad iPad we recommend not downloading or installing any tweak from this new repo. (Hence we do not indicate the address but we have verified that it works as shown in the image above). In addition to the obvious lack of morality when installing hacked tweaks, users can put their devices at risk by installing malware associated with these tweaks without the user being aware of it.
In charge of maintaining the BigBoss repo, 0ptimo has not commented on the security flaw that hackers have used to access the tweaks stored in this repo, but it is very likely that you are working very hard right now to avoid possible future attacks.
As a security measure and until we have more information about it from official sources, It is not recommended to install or update any tweak that comes from the BigBoss repoas they may have been infected by malware, although it is unlikely. As the saying goes "prevention is better than cure".
UPDATED: In the article we mentioned that the BigBoss repository could have been infected by malware and we do not recommend using it until we hear from Saurik, the creator of the Cydia tweak store. We already have news from Saurik, who has just spoken and states that “all the tweaks available in the BigBoss repository are indexed cryptographically, so I have an index with all the historical changes made in the repo and I have verified that the BigBoss content has not been modified«.
