[859] in Intrusion Detection Systems
RE: Potential for more internet attacks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (robb.j.thompson@lmco.com)
Tue Jan 14 13:57:25 1997
From: <robb.j.thompson@lmco.com>
To: <ids@uow.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 08:34:54 -0500
Reply-To: ids@uow.edu.au
Pat and others,
As I stated in the e-mail with this message, I provided this to both
the CERT and the DoD ASSIST teams for investigation and response as to
if this was a valid threat.
I included the DoD ASSIST response with the posting. The Cert team
acknowledge receipt and that was all. I waited what I thought was an
appropriate amount of time (and even sent the e-mail twice) for a
response but having received nothing other than was was provided to you,
decided it would be better to alert you folks than continue to delay.
I agree that someone is opening themselves up to suit, assuming you can
find them, prove it etc. I suspect that is why they stated that the
e-mail address is subject to change. Also, having dealt with law
enforcement agencies before, if they are investigating this (and I hope
they are), they won't say anything about it.
Again, the ASSIST folks had seen this before and it looks like they
believe it enough to prepare for a rough year.
If someone can provide confirmation on the threat I certainly would
appreciate it, also.
Robb Thompson
robb.j.thompson@lmco.com
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>From: Patrick Meighen[SMTP:pmeighen@wvu.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, January 09, 1997 1:30 PM
>To: ids@uow.edu.au
>Subject: Re: Potential for more internet attacks
>
>At 10:04 AM 1/6/97 -0500, robb.j.thompson@lmco.com wrote:
>
>>The Foundation for Convulsive Beauty is pleased to announce its
>>first-ever Gilbert N. Kelly, Jr., Memorial Product Subversion Award.
>>
>>A grant of $20,000, made possible by an anonymous donation, will be
>>awarded for the best act of creative subversion of any highly visible
>>commercial product (mass-produced item, advertisement, television show,
>etc.).
>
>Can anyone verify if this true? It sounds like a hoax to me. Why would
>any organization open themseleves up to a potential lawsuit or criminal
>charges
>like this?
>
>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
>Patrick D. Meighen
>Information Systems Control Specialist
>Internal Audit Office
>3308 University Services Center
>PO Box 6355
>Morgantown, WV 2606-6355
>
>Phone: (304) 293-5894
>Fax: (304) 293-7156
>
>
