[GLLUG] Updated Debian Server hacked

[.myke lyons]

On 14 Jul 2006, at 10:09, Adrian McMenamin wrote:

> On Fri, July 14, 2006 10:00 am, John Hearns wrote:
>> Adrian McMenamin wrote:
>>
>>> Or is this a poor set of assumptions? Interested to know what the  
>>> likely
>>>
>>> pattern is - do crackers move immediately from poof-of-concept to  
>>> attack,
>>> or do they try something else?
>>>
>> <Cartman>
>> I want mah Cheesy poofs-of-concept.
>> <\Cartman>
>> --
> Oops
>
> -- 
> Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
> http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug

Looks like it was a case of weak passwords.  They have now locked out  
a number of developers.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/ 
Debian_locks_out_developers_after_server_hack/ 
0,2000061744,39263432,00.htm

.myke
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug