The download from their official site that would normally give you a .torrent file that would get you a .iso file if you torrented it was replaced with a .exe file instead. So windows users trying to install xubuntu would have their systems compromised if they were unaware of how its supposed to work.
Official Download or official Downloader?
In other words, what was compromised, the .iso itself or the Windows .exe seen in the screenshot?
Just look at the video…
The download from their official site that would normally give you a .torrent file that would get you a .iso file if you torrented it was replaced with a .exe file instead. So windows users trying to install xubuntu would have their systems compromised if they were unaware of how its supposed to work.