Can anyone explain this compromise?

[Sir Scriptzalot <sir_scriptzalot () HOTMAIL COM>]

Hi all,

We have been receiving messages like below from sites
around the world warning us that "ourhost.dom.com.au" has
been compromised. Here is one of the messages:

> Your shells have been hacked by a group called
> > BlackHand. They hack shells and then they root and
> do
> > illegal things like run illegal backgrounds in
> servers
> > smurf scan etc. Here is some proof:
> >
> SNK- is snk () ourhost dom com au * Do whois if you
> are a gay
> SNK- using *.au [0:0:0:0:0:ffff:203.37.45.3] TI IRC
> Server
> SNK- End of WHOIS list.

Other messages are exactly the same but in adition include
stuff like "you have been r00ted and trojan login, ps, su
binaries inserted"

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Max

Max Steel
Omega-Xpress
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