Getting Your Start Because You Got Hacked

[paul at pauldotcom.com (Paul Asadoorian)]

Nice!  Love it!

Thanks Josh,

Paul

Joshua Wright wrote:
> I was working for Johnson & Wales University and we had a Citrix server
> running on NT 3.51.  I was one of the first people who got a cable-modem
> at home from Cox Communications, and it rocked!  It rocked so much,
> someone else on the LAN discovered my workgroup and host, and connected
> to an unprotected share on my Windows 98 machine where he grabbed the
> .ica file with a stored password to the Citrix server.  He called me at
> home to let me know how r00ted I was, after getting my home phone number
> from my wife's resume.doc file.
>
> Yeah, it was pretty painful, but it was my motivator to get into
> infosec.  "Wow, that sucks, but at the same time, it's so awesome too"
> is the best way I can describe it.
>
> Years later we bumped into each other in Providence, and he told me how
> he's been watching my career since he called me that first time.  I
> thanked him for his help. :)
>
> -Josh
>
> Paul Asadoorian wrote:
> > All:
>
> > I'd like to start a new thread where we all share our experiences on how
> > we got into computer security.  Specifically I want to hear about people
> > whose boxes got hacked, and sparked a life-long career in infosec.
>
> > I may use your story in an upcoming piece I am working on, if I do I
> > will contact you off-list for permission and such.
>
> > Larry, I know you got a good story here ;)
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > Cheers,
> > Paul
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