SGR
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Re: Sarah Palin's Yahoo Account Hacked
supergirl, I could be wrong but I tend to disagree with the two things you said:
1. Wikileaks being taken down
It's actually a fairly common thing for it to be down during times like this and yet it always pops right back up when things calm down. It's hosted by PRQ in Sweden which also hosts The Pirate Bay. I could be mistaken but it would take A LOT for it to actually get taken down. (At least more than the FBI whining about it, thats for sure) Just look at how long people have been trying to get TPB taken offline and yet it remains active.
2. It hasn't been confirmed whether the hacker has been arrested or not nor do we know if he was actually smart enough to cover himself. You would think with something like this he would be but who knows. |
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rcdailey
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| Although I have a Yahoo mail account, I download all mail and delete it on the server automatically. I also go to the web interface and erase the spam that is collected. However, I know that some people live out of their webmail accounts and don't want to delete all the mail on the server. It's possible to use a complex password, but then you have to be able to remember and type in that complex password each time. That part isn't so easy, but if you save the login to automate the process, that is another security issue. |
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said by SGR  :supergirl, I could be wrong but I tend to disagree with the two things you said: 1. Wikileaks being taken down It's actually a fairly common thing for it to be down during times like this and yet it always pops right back up when things calm down. It's hosted by PRQ in Sweden which also hosts The Pirate Bay. I could be mistaken but it would take A LOT for it to actually get taken down. (At least more than the FBI whining about it, thats for sure) Just look at how long people have been trying to get TPB taken offline and yet it remains active. 2. It hasn't been confirmed whether the hacker has been arrested or not nor do we know if he was actually smart enough to cover himself. You would think with something like this he would be but who knows. Wikileaks DNS has been deleted.
The hacker's email addy is rubico10@yahoo.com. I said it was my understanding he's been busted. His fellow hacker turned him in.
See »michellemalkin.com/2008/09/17/th···hacking/ for Rubico10's posts. It is hilarious. Now he is sitting scared in the dark waiting for the Feds or is already been busted.
Yahoo deleted the accounts by the way. They still have them but not available to anyone but Yahoo personnel, and, the Feds---FBI and Secret Service.
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| said by supergirl : Wikileaks DNS has been deleted.
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| said by Steve :said by supergirl : Wikileaks DNS has been deleted. [code] $ rootns wikileaks.org wikileaks.org: ns2.everydns.net ns3.everydns.net ns4.everydns.net $ dig +short @ns2.everydns.net wikileaks.org soa ns2.everydns.net. hostmaster.wikileaks.org. 1207865302 16384 2048 1048576 2560 $ dig +short @ns3.everydns.net wikileaks.org soa ns2.everydns.net. hostmaster.wikileaks.org. 1207865302 16384 2048 1048576 2560 $ dig +short @ns4.everydns.net wikileaks.org soa ns2.everydns.net. hostmaster.wikileaks.org. 1207865302 16384 2048 1048576 2560 [/code] ? ? ? Facts are pesky things.
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said by rcdailey :Although I have a Yahoo mail account, I download all mail and delete it on the server automatically. I also go to the web interface and erase the spam that is collected. However, I know that some people live out of their webmail accounts and don't want to delete all the mail on the server. It's possible to use a complex password, but then you have to be able to remember and type in that complex password each time. That part isn't so easy, but if you save the login to automate the process, that is another security issue. The thing that is surprising to me is how high-level officials (like VP candidates) are not briefed on security issues such as this, whether it be through campaign people or law-enforcement.
"Debacles" like this could be avoided with very simple steps. All one has to do is encrypt their e-mails via PGP or some such public key cipher.
If anything, this should be a lesson to everyone to practice the use of public key encryption when sending e-mail. |
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