[nylug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Attack on the NYLXS Server

[Ruben Safir]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 08:39:48AM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> Actualy look at the original source server its not from thinkgeek.
> This is probably a fishing expidition.
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 4:10 am, Ron Guerin wrote:


I thought that IP address was from thinkgeek

Ruben

> >Ruben Safir wrote:
> >>I've been stiring the paid trolls on usenet in comp.os.linux.advocacy 
> >>pretty goof and now we
> >>are suddenly seeing messages like this coming across the mail server.
> >>I'm wondering what you guys think, if this is an overt hacking attempt 
> >>of our systems.
> >
> >If it's anything, it's an attempt to be a nuisance by getting a bot at 
> >ThinkGeek subscribed to your list, which would then continually reply 
> >to every message it received with an autoresponse until you removed the 
> >address from your list.
> >
> >- Ron
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