[ale] GaTech security breach SANS announcement

[Dow Hurst]

The initial info I got was that it was a Solaris box installed five 
years ago and left unpatched.
Dow


Christopher Fowler wrote:

>Does anyone know what type of system this data was on? 
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>On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 15:11, Dow Hurst wrote:
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>>Here is an excerpt from a SANS newletter our security officer distributes:
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>>BEGIN-------------
>>Georgia Tech Server Security Breached
>>
>>The Georgia Institute of Technology recently discovered that intruders
>>accessed one of its servers a number of times in the last two months;
>>among the data stolen were the names, addresses and some credit card
>>numbers of about 57,000 patrons of the university's Ferst Center for
>>the Arts.  School officials have e-mailed those affected by the breach.
>>The server was not protected by a firewall.  The Georgia Bureau of
>>Investigations and the FBI are investigating.
>>END---------------
>>
>>Anyone local here in Atlanta that bought tickets might want to get their account number changed.  This post is a bit old since this happened a couple of weeks ago.
>>Dow
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>>http://www.sans.org/sansnews/
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Dow Hurst                  Office: 770-499-3428
Systems Support Specialist    Fax: 770-423-6744
1000 Chastain Rd. Bldg. 12
Chemistry Department SC428  Email:   dhurst at kennesaw.edu
Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
Kennesaw, GA 30144
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