[ale] System Cracking Stories

[David Corbin]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
> Can anyone provide me with anecdotal or other evidence regarding systems
> that were hacked/cracked as a result of "sniffed" or otherwise captured
> clear-text data (e.g., passwords)?  I'd be interested to know what the
> cracker accomplished as a result (i.e., set up IRC or FTP servers,
> downloaded data or software, deleted stuff) and what kind of time/effort it
> took to set things right again.
> 
> E-mail me out-of-list of you like...
> 
> - Jeff
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I found this article via slashdot some time ago.  It's an excellent
story of a 
volunteer admin and the problems encountered when there systems were
hacked.

http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=403


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David Corbin 		
Mach Turtle Technologies, Inc.
http://www.machturtle.com
dcorbin at machturtle.com
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