ASU computer lab hacked

Patrick Fleming EA plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:37:30 -0700 (MST)


My understanding was that key logging software was installed locally.
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, bob smith wrote:

> 
> --- technomage <technomage-hawke@cox.net> wrote:
> > well,
> > if anyone didn't catch the 5 PM news, it appears
> > that the ASU computer lab 
> > and some of the administration machines were hacked
> > into by someone 
> > representing the russian mafia (thats what they said
> > on the news anyway).
> > 
> > make take a look for it on www.phoenix360.com or any
> > of the other news 
> > statiosn that have web pages.
> > 
> > Technomage
> > 
> > p. incidently, those machines were apples running a
> > pre-OSX OS
> 
> Pre-OSX? OS 9? Any word on what was running on the
> machines that allowed whoever it was to gain access? I
> didn't think any software bundled by apple pre-OSX had
> a remote exploit that could be used?
> 
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