[ale] GaTech security breach SANS announcement

[Christopher Fowler]

Maybe some admins on this list ought to contact the DM (Decision Maker)
and propose you take the position of the person that was managing that
machine.


On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 15:32, Dow Hurst wrote:
> The initial info I got was that it was a Solaris box installed five 
> years ago and left unpatched.
> Dow
> 
> 
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 
> >Does anyone know what type of system this data was on? 
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 15:11, Dow Hurst wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Here is an excerpt from a SANS newletter our security officer distributes:
> >>
> >>
> >>BEGIN-------------
> >>Georgia Tech Server Security Breached
> >>
> >>The Georgia Institute of Technology recently discovered that intruders
> >>accessed one of its servers a number of times in the last two months;
> >>among the data stolen were the names, addresses and some credit card
> >>numbers of about 57,000 patrons of the university's Ferst Center for
> >>the Arts.  School officials have e-mailed those affected by the breach.
> >>The server was not protected by a firewall.  The Georgia Bureau of
> >>Investigations and the FBI are investigating.
> >>END---------------
> >>
> >>Anyone local here in Atlanta that bought tickets might want to get their account number changed.  This post is a bit old since this happened a couple of weeks ago.
> >>Dow
> >>
> >>
> >>http://www.sans.org/sansnews/
> >>
> >>
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> Dow Hurst                  Office: 770-499-3428
> Systems Support Specialist    Fax: 770-423-6744
> 1000 Chastain Rd. Bldg. 12
> Chemistry Department SC428  Email:   dhurst at kennesaw.edu
> Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
> Kennesaw, GA 30144
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