North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: San Jose Telephone Problems 3/10-3/17
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Dan Hollis wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Dan Bustillos - Datalink Computer Services wrote: > > " Pac bell is also the victim here. We did not cause this. It was a > > private contractor that caused this ACCIDENT" At the point he said > > accident it sounded like he was getting ready to start yelling at the > > reporter. > > Who needs script kiddies when you have backhoes? How about script kiddies with backhoes? Never underestimate social engineering. I can see it now, the 'backhoe-vuln' mailing list, a BCP detailing how to secure the keys to your backhoe, security advisories from Caterpillar, DBDoS (many teenagers hotwiring backhoes at construction sites in the middle of the night)... Charles > -Dan > >
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