Re: Heavens Above hacked

From: Jeff Foust (jfoust@alum.mit.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 07:31:29 PDT

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    on 4/4/01 9:59 AM, Allen Thomson at thomsona@flash.net wrote:
    
    > Looks like it's me, though I've been running Norton antivirus and the
    > problem, so far, only shows when I try to get to H.A.
    
    No, Allen, the problem is not with your computer: the Heavens Above server
    appears to have been hacked.  Looks like some script kiddies are having
    "fun" by exploiting an apparent security breach with the server and posting
    messages on its home page: the messages have changed several times over the
    course of the last half-hour or so.
    
    Jeff Foust
    jfoust@alum.mit.edu
    
    
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