1998-09-15 - Re: Mersienne crack busted…

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From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1998-09-15 04:47:35 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:47:35 +0800

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From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:47:35 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Mersienne crack busted...
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Robert Hettinga wrote:
> 
> Somebody evidently installed the Mersienne(sp?) prime search client on
> 2000+ AT&T machines.
> 
> The local talk station news has a report that they have just been
> apprehended and will be prosecuted for it.

Mersenne.

Perhaps the company should be grateful that someone has helped
to spot a hole in security, since the hacker has apparently done
no really serious damages except computing time.

M. K. Shen





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