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It
would be interesting to know what the exploit was (if it was one of the exploits
that were from the BlackHat conference or not) and what the version and patch
level of the firewall was. If any of the hackers from this group are on
this list and would like to share that with us anonymously somehow I'm sure we
would all greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
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. |
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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