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"Feeling Insecure..." NYT article -- related note
fubob@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fubob@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 19 16:55:59 1997
I received email related to the "hackers-for-hire" article (pardon the
generalization). Maybe someone with lots of free time during Spring
Break will have further interest. This message is re-posted with the
author's permission, but I do not guarantee the authenticity of the
message. In any case, this is another interesting security test.
>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 21:04:57 -0500
>From: dport@ec2.edu
>Subject: comment -- Hack an ATM network for fun and $$$
>To: webmaster@MIT.EDU
>
>Submitted by 'dport@ec2.edu' on 206.117.187.21 (dport.ec2.edu)
>Email sent via the WWW comment gateway at www.mit.edu:80.
>
>Warning: the sender's name and address may be forged.
>-----
>
>Hello,
>
>I'm looking for people who might be interested in performing
>"security tests" on a newly installed ATM network (and not
>be arrested for trying). I somewhat remember that SIPB
>might be of some help in this. The story is that TRW,
>Warner Brothers, and USC are testing an ATM system for
>the use of shuttling movie production data (i.e. film edits
>and such). They've asked me to "test" the security of this
>system. The rules are that there are no rules. Do anything
>possible to grab data, bring down the network, whatever.
>Any successes will be rewarded with a cash prize (currently
>at a few hundred $$$), and "something valuable" from
>Warner Brothers (maybe a special film preview, animation
>cells, etc.)
>
>If you would be so kind as to pass this note around and have
>any interested parties contact me via e-mail, I would be
>grateful.
>
>To see some details of what the system is, look at
>www.usc.edu/dept/etc/etac
>
>If there's a password (which we already figured out),
>use "etac1" for both the user and password.
>
>Thanks in advance for any efforts!
