Re: [cobalt-security] reminder

[Bill Irwin <bill_irwin@xxxxxxxx>]

Adam,

This message was meant for those who didn't know about the May Day hack
attacks. Its meant to alert people to the fact that they may get hacked.
If you are patched, you should be in good shape, however you are NOT
invulnerable.

"I really, genuinely, feel sorry for Americans right now. The lunatic is
in charge of the asylum."

??? care to elaborate? (don't do it here in the security boards as this
would be way off topic)


storage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Bill Irwin <bill_irwin@xxxxxxxx> said:
> 
> > A Reminder
> >
> 
> Attrition says:
> 
> "CyberWar Rages in the Middle East!!! YOUR Servers could be next!!!"
> 
> This is the kind of crap coming out of so-called security companies and news
> media lately. The real irony is that they are using data from the Attrition
> web defacement mirror to support their hyped conclusions. Let's take a little
> reality break, folks - the sky isn't falling. (Follow the link for more.)
> 
> http://www.attrition.org/security/commentary/address.html
Adam, 


> 
> Sorry Bill, I don't mean to degrade your comment, and you're right in a way.
> Unfortunately, there will probably be heightened activity in the coming weeks
> or months. But it has to be said that it can be attributed at least in part
> to the feds. By sending out releases like that, they're just winding up
> Eastern block script kiddies.
> 
> 
> 
> adam
> 
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-- 
Bill Irwin
Technical Support Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.