Re: System Security
From: David Webb (david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk)Date: 10/24/02
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From: david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk (David Webb) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:27:48 +0000 (UTC)
In article <ap8rkc$n3o$8@helle.btinternet.com>, "Ian Villman" <webmaster@bbyo.org.uk> writes:
>My name is Ian,
>
>And I am currently the webmaster manager of a small business, a month
>or so ago, my computers got hacked, and a large amount of data was
>stolen including credit card details.
>
>Just dropping a line to anyone that anything similar may have happened to.
>www.npn.org.uk do really cheap prices on systems analysis and maintaining
>a secure system, and they did a damn good job. I would honestly recommend
>them to anyone who asked, no matter what the size of the job.
>
>Regards,
>Ian
>
This organisation has been scanning at least one UK University without
permission and then sending messages touting their services to fix the
security holes they found.
The security manager at the University involved posted information about this
today to the Janet Cert mailing list and Janet Cert is considering what action
can be taken against www.npn.org.uk.
David Webb
VMS and Unix team leader
CCSS
Middlesex University
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