Re: Hackers

by =?iso-8859-1?B?TGF1cmkgVuRpbg==?= <optima(at)hot.ee>

Date:	Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:18:21 +0300
To:	"Deborah Shadovitz" <DebShadovitz(at)mac.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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Hello again,


> Server from a Mac. The US military caught on when tired of hackers

Sorry to be annoying, but I want everybody to remember this one. The US
military is tired of CRACKERS, not HACKERS. Please use the terms
correctly.

>. There
> are tons of Mac servers out there. (They run Apache and WebSTAR (now
under
> 4D Inc). No one cracks a WebSTAR server - despite $10,000 challenges
to do
> so.
>
> On 7/10/00 9:52 AM, Sue Bailey <sue(at)bartandsue.co.uk> tapped:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Got to work this morning to find that the public html directory of
our
> > website had been completely cleaned out overnight. The lovely
neighbourhood
> > hackers had saved me the task of getting rid of all the files we're
not
> > using any more. You can imagine my joy on a Monday morning.
> >
> > Our ISP's advice amounted to 'change your password', which we've
obviously
> > done - and back up back up and back up again, which I had also
done - but is
> > there anything else I can do to stop these ****s  having another go?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice,
> >
> > Sue
> >
>

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