[cobalt-users] Re: HACKED! Unable To TELNET in to RAQ3 as admin or any other user!!!

["David Conorozzo" <davidc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As you may have noticed, the same thing happened to me.  Are they doing anything for you?  Why would they want your admin password if you can't get in through telnet?  They didn't offer to do anything for me except to send me a restore CD.

David Conorozzo
PC Assistance, Inc.


>>> "Eddie Jones" <ejones@xxxxxxxxxxx> 02/08/01 05:46AM >>>
This is the response I got from Support.

Eddie-
        Sorry to take so long to get to you... you are not alone... this was
caused by a hacker who has done the exact same thing to other cobalt's like
yours. I am attempting to get them all fixed, but I will need your IP and
admin password in order to help.
Regards,

Dedicated Hosting
Support Technician

My services are not back yet

I wonder what security fix opened this door? Or will close it?

> From: "Eddie Jones" <ejones@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:08:28 -0600
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Re: Unable To TELNET in to RAQ3 as admin or any
other user!!!
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>
> FYI
> I too, have the same problem.
>
> At 6:20 PM I started getting this message every 5 minutes "error: fatal:
> Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_key.  Check path and permissions."
>
> I can not access telnet - this is the message:
> "Cobalt Linux release 5.0 (Pacifica)
> Kernel 2.2.14C10 on an i586
> telnetd: /bin/login: No such file or directory
> ."
>
> I can still create sites with the GUI and I can publish a site with
> FrontPage.
>
> The server is co-located and call to support got me a confirmation that
GUI
> work and they would get the telnet back tonight.
>
> I am still getting that email every 5 minutes.
>


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