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Re: NH govt breach
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:57:50 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Chris Walsh wrote: ": " A quick Google Alerts cut/paste: ": " ": " SECURITY breach reported in state computers ": " Boston Globe - United States ": " CONCORD, NH --New Hampshire's state computer system was breached and ": " might ": " have compromised customers' credit card numbers, Gov. John Lynch said ": " Wednesday. ... ": " <http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/02/15/ ": " security_breach_reported_in_state_computers> "State information technology experts became aware of the breach Wednesday when they spotted a variation of legitimate "Cain and Abel" software in the system. The illegal software, which may have been installed for six months, allows a hacker to watch transactions in real time, but not to recover earlier records, said Richard Bailey, chief information officer for the Office of Information Technology." So "Cain & Abel" is legitimate, but variations are not? This seems to be shoddy reporting, unless I missed something here.. http://www.oxid.it/cain.html _______________________________________________ Dataloss mailing list Dataloss () attrition org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/dataloss
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