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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:28 Aug 2001 at 15:08:27
Subject:Re: Firewall

Gareth Griffiths said,

>> well yes I should know up to a few weeks ago I was using BT internet as
>> my ISP (now back with UKOnline) a friend of mine rang me up and told me
>> my ISP details was on a web site, password etc. He told me what was
>> on the site and yes there was my password for all to see. (I did not see
>> it he told me over the phone my details)

> That doesn't necessarily mean your Amiga was hacked. In fact, its quite
> unlikely as the hacker would have to know where abouts on your Amiga the ISP
> details were stored, which means they would have to be an Amiga owner.

Or an ex-Amiga owner, there are plenty of those, or someone who can
read. There are only two places where the information is stored on 95%
of online Amigas.

This information probsably came from the datatypes.library trojan that
was released a few years ago. This emailed Miami config files to an
anonymous Hotmail account.

Cheers

Neil



Neil Bothwick - New Media Editor, Amiga Active Magazine

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