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RE: Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked


From: "Poof" <gui () goddessmoon org>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 11:01:23 -0700

Well... Tell me where honeypotting goes if that happens?

*cry*

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-
admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Steve Wray
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 02:15
To: Full-Disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Hacker suspect says his PC was hijacked

Will "Knowingly allowing a computer under your control
to remain in an exploitable state" become a crime?
(if it isn't already...)

I am in two minds on whether it should or should not
:(


[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of
Paul Tinsley

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/10/10/hijacked.hacker.re
ut/index.html

"Caffrey is accused of triggering the paralyzing data blast
on a vital
computer server used to coordinate ship movements in the
Houston port --
the sixth biggest shipping port in the world"

Ok, so somebody explain to me why in the world this "vital computer
server" is on a public network?

"He said his machine may have been taken over by another
individual or
group who then set the digital onslaught in motion. 'My computer was
completely and utterly vulnerable to many exploits'"

If anybody needed more ammo to convince people that patching is
important this might be a good one to add to the stack, whether he is
lying or not I sure wouldn't want to try and defend that position...

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