I got a message from the unix system guys that this is what happened:
The hackers replaced our version of the ssh/slogin/scp programs on piglet
with their own versions. Those versions were logging login names and
passwords as our users connected to other machines.
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Henry Wu
ACITS Help Desk
Senior Student Associate
UT Austin
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On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, christ wrote:
> >> of course, if you ssh'd into piglet in the last 5 months, you'll need
> >> to change any passwords you used during the session as they got hacked
> >> and it took them 5 months to discover that a trojan version was running.
> >
> > And they never announced this? When did they find out?
>
> no clue. i got word thru the grapevine yesterday. i got no mail about
> anything altho i have most definitely used ssh to and from piglet. thank-
> fully i think i abstained from su'ing during that time, but the incompetence
> is boggling.
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