[27813] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: San Jose Telephone Problems 3/10-3/17
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Sprickman)
Tue Mar 14 14:40:08 2000
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:37:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
Cc: Dan Bustillos - Datalink Computer Services <dan@dcsi.net>,
nanog@merit.edu
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Dan Bustillos - Datalink Computer Services wrote:
> > " Pac bell is also the victim here. We did not cause this. It was a
> > private contractor that caused this ACCIDENT" At the point he said
> > accident it sounded like he was getting ready to start yelling at the
> > reporter.
>
> Who needs script kiddies when you have backhoes?
How about script kiddies with backhoes? Never underestimate social
engineering. I can see it now, the 'backhoe-vuln' mailing list, a BCP
detailing how to secure the keys to your backhoe, security advisories from
Caterpillar, DBDoS (many teenagers hotwiring backhoes at construction
sites in the middle of the night)...
Charles
> -Dan
>
>
