chet
05-04-2003, 10:04 AM
We monitor all of our servers for possible security or user issues. When we see something odd, we notify our users. We had noticed an Australian address trying to guess passwords on accounts, then we get an email from an Australian demanding we remove a site we host. Noticed the two ips were the same - mailed them to let them know we had already contacted their isp and would continue to pursue the matters with the legal authorities if it did not stop.
Kid emails back that it wasn't him.
Then sends me this email. OOf.
Dear Sir,
I know I wrote you an email earlier today… but that was when I was scared. That is why I didn’t tell you the truth and said that I do not have access to the Internet on my home computer. I wish to make amends for my deception by telling you now exactly what happened.
Despite the fact that one of your clients and I have had clashes in the past, I would like to explain that I had no intention of hacking the ##REMOVED## server. I have given up arguing over the copyright issue. As I said earlier, I was wrong in my misunderstanding of certain copyright laws.
This is what happened:
A few weeks ago I downloaded two password crackers (Brutus and Hobo) off the Internet with the intention of setting them on my own email accounts. What I was aiming to do was to check the security of my own accounts. Since downloading these crackers, I have thought that they were going to work on my accounts and knowing that doing anything else on the computer may slow them down I left the room whenever they were running. When I got your email today, I realized that maybe it actually was my crackers that were attempting to get into your server. When I got home from school today, I did not log onto the Internet but went straight to the crackers that I had been using. I checked Brutus and found nothing that could have affected your serve! r. However, when I checked Hobo, I found that instead of working on my Hotmail account, it went directly to www.##REMOVED##.com.
Shown below is a screenshot of what Hobo looked like when I started to use it. (If not visible, please see attached file.)
##REMOVED##
This is a screenshot showing what Hobo actually did. (If not visible, please see attached file.)
##REMOVED##
As I stated earlier, I left the computer running after I started Hobo. I did not try to hack into the ##REMOVED## server. I’m not sure how it happened. I was stunned to find out that you were right and that my computer was attempting to get into your server. I have now removed all crackers and related files from my hard drive.
I am sorry for the difficulty that this has caused you. My father reamed me good because I was using his IP address. It will not happen again.
I hope that this satisfies you. If not, please feel free to contact my father
##REST REMOVED##
He meant to hack his own hotmail account?
Chet
Kid emails back that it wasn't him.
Then sends me this email. OOf.
Dear Sir,
I know I wrote you an email earlier today… but that was when I was scared. That is why I didn’t tell you the truth and said that I do not have access to the Internet on my home computer. I wish to make amends for my deception by telling you now exactly what happened.
Despite the fact that one of your clients and I have had clashes in the past, I would like to explain that I had no intention of hacking the ##REMOVED## server. I have given up arguing over the copyright issue. As I said earlier, I was wrong in my misunderstanding of certain copyright laws.
This is what happened:
A few weeks ago I downloaded two password crackers (Brutus and Hobo) off the Internet with the intention of setting them on my own email accounts. What I was aiming to do was to check the security of my own accounts. Since downloading these crackers, I have thought that they were going to work on my accounts and knowing that doing anything else on the computer may slow them down I left the room whenever they were running. When I got your email today, I realized that maybe it actually was my crackers that were attempting to get into your server. When I got home from school today, I did not log onto the Internet but went straight to the crackers that I had been using. I checked Brutus and found nothing that could have affected your serve! r. However, when I checked Hobo, I found that instead of working on my Hotmail account, it went directly to www.##REMOVED##.com.
Shown below is a screenshot of what Hobo looked like when I started to use it. (If not visible, please see attached file.)
##REMOVED##
This is a screenshot showing what Hobo actually did. (If not visible, please see attached file.)
##REMOVED##
As I stated earlier, I left the computer running after I started Hobo. I did not try to hack into the ##REMOVED## server. I’m not sure how it happened. I was stunned to find out that you were right and that my computer was attempting to get into your server. I have now removed all crackers and related files from my hard drive.
I am sorry for the difficulty that this has caused you. My father reamed me good because I was using his IP address. It will not happen again.
I hope that this satisfies you. If not, please feel free to contact my father
##REST REMOVED##
He meant to hack his own hotmail account?
Chet