AOL Security Compromised by Teenager 99
Freaky_Friday wrote with a link to an InfoWorld article about a teenage kid accessing customer information at AOL. The alleged criminal trespass began late last year, and extended up through early April. According to the article, the guy used some 'off-the-shelf' hacking software he downloaded online to gain access to, and then transmit information from, AOL's systems. "The complaint states that Nieves admitted to investigators that he committed the alleged acts because AOL took away his accounts. 'I accessed their internal accounts and their network and used it to try to get my accounts back,' the defendant is quoted as saying in the complaint. He also admitted to posting photos of his exploits in a photo Web site, according to the complaint ... If the defendant was honest about his motivation in his reported confession, it's safe to assume that he wasn't interested in stealing data for financial gain, [Managing director of technology at FTI Consulting Mark] Rasch said. Still, it'll be interesting to find out what steps AOL is taking if customer data was in fact compromised, he said."
Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Informative)
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I recall sitting in the nerve center chat with the likes of VARST, UTRST, JXRST, etc. and having the occasional moron walk in trying to phish in the chat. They didn't generally last long, but I also have seen a VARST operator type his password into the chat. It's sad how easily some (high-level) employees can be socially engineered. That's what you get when you hire Joe Regular into an enterprise position and you don't give him adequate training.
Re:Same old same old (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Hmmm (Score:3, Informative)