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Q Account Hackers

Posted:

3 Oct 2003 at 12:13

Yesterday after more than four years of using the IRC network QuakeNet, #jj2 was invaded by someone who broke into my account. The attackers first performed a Denial of Service (DoS) attack against my computer to slow it down. Then, the attacker broke into my computer via a little-known hole in Windows XP. After that, he took over all the channels I have +n in (including #jj2) and banned everyone.
Luckily, primary (a QuakeNet operator) was nice enough to help out. But everyone out there should be careful. Any service – NickServ, XBot, etc. – is vulnerable and everyone should immediately update their Windows XP patches in addition to never sending your password to anyone.
I want to warn EVERYBODY that it could happen to anyone on any time. Therefore, I’ve written a small column for the ClanBase site in regards to protecting yourself from attacks like these. You can never be 100% safe but if you are careful, you can improve your chances of avoiding an attack. I’ve copied and pasted the valuable document to J2O as well now, but I have to say that it’s still very ClanBase-related but you probably will get the point after reading it.
Click here to read the column or clickhere for the forum post. :-)
NOTE: #jj2 has been restored successfully. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused by the bannings.

- ShadowGPW