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Re: Hacker enters Agriculture dept. computers


From: Chris Walsh <cwalsh () cwalsh org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:28:19 -0500

Looks like a zombie/keylogger?


http://www.firstgov.gov/usdainfo.shtml

"Over the June 3, 2006, weekend, USDA cyber security staffers monitoring our 
systems detected some suspicious activity involving an Office of Operations 
*workstation and two servers* containing employee personal data. The indication 
was that someone from outside of USDA was attempting to gain unauthorized 
access to the system"

(emphasis added)
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