Re: Crack attempt last weekend

[Clayton Hoskinson <choskinson () MMCABLE COM>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Smith" <bryan () THECLERK COM>
To: <INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: Crack attempt last weekend


> <SNIP> So I logged onto tripod with that username and password </SNIP>

Hope no feds monitor this mailing list, if there was email or communication
which gets compromised because of that, you could be looking at a Title 3
felony, in the US. The US Attorney takes a very dim view of that.

> um...'back hacking' is not only unethical - but illegal.  i question that
> action as well as the possible results of more entries through the release
> of user/pass.
>
> ----<SNIP>----
> > P.S. I have already notified all service providers involved (Lycos,
> > NameZero, Tripod, Anglefire) and they have not responded to me.
> ----</SNIP>----
>
> depending on your intended course of action:  the isp should have received
> the account info; the list should have received an attack signature/log;
and
> i would suggest not taking it upon oneself to gain access to an intruder's
> host.
>
> -b