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Re: Hacker takes Ireland offline
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () ATTRITION ORG>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:27:12 -0600
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3EUP7Q0CC&live=true&useoverridetemplate=ZZZ99ZVV70C&tagid=ZZZAFZAVA0C&subheading=europe By John Murray-Brown in Dublin Published: August 17 2000 18:06GMT Last Updated: August 18 2000 03:09GMT Thousands of Irish computer users were unable to access the internet on Thursday, after the country's largest service provider had to issue new passwords after an overnight hacker attacked the system. A spokesman for Eircom, the former state telephone monopoly, which operates Eircom Net and Indigo with a total of 240,000 customers, said the passwords were being changed as a precautionary measure to prevent the hacker gaining access to emails and websites. The incident is the first known case of a security breach in Ireland and will add to public concerns about the privacy and confidentiality of the internet.
First known case of a security breach in Ireland? http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/ie.html 19 defaced pages in Ireland, some dating back to May '99. Surely one of those must count as a security breach. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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