[ale] SCO cracked again

[Mike Murphy]

Prepare for rant about semantics:

It wasn't hacked or cracked, they *claim* they are subject to a DDOS 
attack. This is neither hacking or cracking, as such an attack does not 
require an intrusion of www.sco.com. (yes, it might imply an intrusion 
of some other poor soul's machinery, but that's a whole 'nother argument).

/rant

Also, for a variety of reasons, this seems less than plausible (hence my 
emphasis on "claim"). For the non-slashdotters on the list, see 
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031210163721614 for a decent 
if not stellar analysis of the facts. Looks pretty fishy.

They happened to manage to fire off press releases at virtually the same 
time the attack started (and at 4ish am Pacific Time at that).

Add to that the widespread belief that the last time SCO claimed to be 
the subjects of DDOS attack, many came to the conclusion later that 
incident was not what they claimed either. (They just happened to come 
up the next morning with an all-new redesigned website).

Mike


Bob Toxen wrote:
> SCO's web site and servers have been cracked again:
> 
>      http://security.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=106431
> 
> Bob
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