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Some people are just so stupid

  • 22-07-2009 1:17pm
    #1
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭


    I got a hoax email from would-be-AIB asking me for my code card details. I checked the source and found the form submitted to a php script on a certain IP address. I inserted this IP address into my browser, and came face to face with an XAMPP installation.

    I went into the 'hackers' MySQL database which had no password pm ot. I slapped a password on it, so hopefully he wont be able to get in without reinstalling, but I got locked out of it then ("#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) ").

    I dont think theres much else I can do on XAMPP to mess up his system. Either way, how stupid do you gotta be to leave your MySQL database open on the net, and then send hoax emails leading to it.


Comments

  • #2
    Lisheo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Lisheo


    He probably is either a) a skiddie, or b) has so many of these things set up he doesn't care anymore lol...


  • #3
    Procasinator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭Procasinator


    You should have at least dropped the tables before slapping a password on it.

    I'm assuming you were using phpMyAdmin and lost access because it is configured to the root account with no password.

    If his lazy, he might not bother getting the data back. But realistically, it isn't very hard to reset the root password:

    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html

    At least if you deleted the data it would make it more of struggle to retrieve the information.


  • #4
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    Yeah I realized that after! I had intended to delete it all, but once I put the password on root it started denying access to all computers outside of localhost. Ah well, maybe next time! :)


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