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Mitnicks Web site hacked

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  • #2
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    Happends every hosting company at one time or another.


  • #3
    tck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 345 ✭✭tck


    That's the third time,

    http://www.rootsecure.net/?p=reports/dtdefacement2


  • #4
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Static M.e.


    Poor Kevin.. he gets slated in the comments section!


  • #5
    NutJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭NutJob


    The irony is not lost on me when i say this but he needs to think about his sites security.
    Then again odds are its an unknown exploit.


    He does get slated but at least we got a good book and an ok movie out of him :)


  • #6
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    He needs to think about his site's security? Why? He has nothing to do with how his site is secured - he has given that power over to his hosting company. Perhaps he should chose another hosting company, one who has a good track record. Can you even find out if a hosting company has ever had a breach without asking them directly?

    I don't see why he should be slagged over this, all he did was chose a hosting company and upload some html files - the rest was in their corner. It's not as if he failed to secure his own site.

    I never thought much of Mitnick in terms of server security. He has good SE skills but that's it.


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  • #7
    tck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 345 ✭✭tck


    NutJob wrote:
    The irony is not lost on me when i say this but he needs to think about his sites security.
    Then again odds are its an unknown exploit.


    He does get slated but at least we got a good book and an ok movie out of him :)

    ok movie, which one was that ?


  • #8
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Probably Wargames. Mitnick is alleged to have broken into NORAD systems, something which he denies I believe. The movie is based upon that as far as I know.


  • #9
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    Was it not TakeDown (or a similar name)?


  • #10
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    That was a book written by Shimomura. Was it made into a movie?


  • #11
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    WizZard wrote:
    Was it not TakeDown (or a similar name)?

    Yeah I believe that was the name of it.


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  • #12
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    ecksor wrote:
    That was a book written by Shimomura. Was it made into a movie?
    I think so - I remember hearing about it in relation to Mitnick...


  • #13
    NutJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭NutJob


    The movie:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/
    Norad doesnt feature and Mitnic spent his time on the "Cell phone" network back in the analogue days. (though it was a factor in the solitry confinement rational)

    And yes pulling it from the hosting company would count as
    thinking about site security.

    Dont get me wrong i have great respect for Mitnick and he had enough of a hard time in prison.
    Plus his first book is still on my bookshelf never read the second one.


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