Received: from bbs.industrynet.net (industry-dm.com [207.87.182.2]) by gazebo.wwnet.com (8.6.12/8.9.x) with SMTP id NAA02308 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 13:26:36 -0500 From: tony@bbs.industrynet.net Received: from MHS by bbs.industrynet.net with MHS id ANBJBLFP ; Mon, 10 Feb 1997 13:26:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 13:25:28 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: The (I)ndustry Network - Victim! To: scavenger@eol-online.com The (I)ndustry Network was the victim of a hacker this weekend! Over this last weekend a Unix system at the (I)ndustry office was hacked and vandalized. This system did not contain any volatile information, and was mostly used for booting of our terminal servers and as a general workstation, but regardless, it was hacked. The part that surprises us is that we traced it back to the source, and it turns out to be area competition - The operators of a miniscule bulletin board system called EVOLUTION ONLINE. (eol-online.com) (formely known as Excalibur BBS) We here at (I) take the security of our systems and our business very seriously, and we don't we don't take lightly to hackers. To help thwart any additional hack attempts from these unscrupulous people, the entire EOL domain has been permanently banned from accessing any of the systems here at (I)ndustry. This is not something that we wanted to do, but we were really left no choice. I am happy to say that this is the FIRST (and hopefully the last) time we have to do something like this. In addition to blocking the domain we have also lodged an official complaint with the local authorities including the Mt. Clemens FBI, and have given them all log files indicating the source of these hackers. We are now awaiting word on impending legal action. Please keep in mind that the system that these people accessed was a KNOWN security hazard here at (I), but since it doesn't contain any important information we never really spent the time making it as secure as the other systems here at (I). Usually it is standard policy to keep all hack attempts private, but in this case we feel that by informing our subscribers of this incident we can hopefully avoid any future incidents. (remember, if you subscribe to EOL, these are the same people you are giving not only your personal information, but also your credit card information, etc) As always, if you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact the (I) offices at 810-783-2100, or drop an E-Mail message to SysOp. Thanks, (I) Staff