+----[ Curtis Maloney ]--------------------------------------------- | On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | > Just to make those people who think "It will never happen to me" think | > twice, the Australian Government Treasury site was hacked and lots of | > banking details about lots of small businesses was released. | > | > The Australian Treasury was very happy with their security too. Until | > yesterday. | | Whilst I agree that "It will never happen to me" is a stupid stance, the ATO | web site was not 'hacked'. As an example, the Federal Police and the | government are NOT doing anything to the person. Last night I heard they were still looking for him. Of course ringing JJJ first wasn't exactly a smart idea. | What happened was somebody noticed that a number in the URL for a page of | their details matched their ID number, and tried some others. Upon finding | they worked, he wrote a script to try numbers, munge the page, and e-mail | people their details. And the site is down 'indefinitely'. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|