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We have seen the following information. We cannot
guarantee it
| TLAflash 2.10.2001 |
| Hacker -- A
group of U.K.-based hackers has cracked computers at the AlShamal Islamic
Bank in Sudan and collected data on the accounts of the Al Qaeda terrorist
organization and its leader Osama bin Laden, Kim Schmitz, a flamboyant
German hacker/businessman, has claimed. This information cannot be
confirmed and must be taken with caution. A team of U.K.-based hackers
sprang into action, and hacked the nameserver of AlShamal Islamic Bank, he
said. They were able to gain access to the bank's intranet by exploiting a
"checkpoint firewall 1 vulnerability," he explained. After bypassing the
firewall, the hackers achieved "superuser" status on the server, and
"sniffed" eight valid user IDs, and then were able to collect information
on accounts of Al Qaeda and bin Laden.
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Since it seems that a Firewall-1 was abused, I just
wanted the list to know about it. The original source is the
following
http://www.elcom.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=637
Christian ALT
Telecom and Logistics Associates
Network and
Security Company
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