IP: Not confirmed -- Windows 2000 Port Invites Intruders

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 19:23:58 -0600
> Subject: For IP: Windows 2000 Port Invites Intruders
> To: dave () farber net
> From: B_McWilliams () newsbytes com (B McWilliams)
>
> Exploiting a hole in Windows 2000, a hacker says he penetrated Microsoft's
> corporate network earlier this month and had full access to hundreds of
> the company's computers.
>
> The security breach, which took place over a six-day period beginning
> August 12, involved a shopping server that was part of the Microsoft
> Network in Europe, as well as scores of workstations and servers located
> overseas, he says. A list of the vulnerable machines was provided to
> Newsbytes by the anonymous intruder, a self-proclaimed white-hat hacker
> who uses the nickname "Benign."
>
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169408.html



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