TheNerds.Net Hacked by Zilterio

Zardon · May 31, 2002, 09:22 PM

http://msnbc.com/news/759029.asp?0dm=C14LT

Magn0lia writes "Early Wednesday morning, customers of TheNerds.net recently recieved emails from Zilterio@yahoo.com, claiming in part:
“I HATE TO INFORM YOU that your account has been hacked on THENERDS.NET. This site has a very weak security protection system and the database with credit cards and other personal information is not protected at all.”
Then Zilterio went on to paste into each email each recipient's personal information, including credit card number.

Zilterio is infamous for post-crack extortion attempts; if the past eight months, he has allegedly hacked four sites. He usually then demands around $50,000 USD to maintain the silence concerning that company's vulnerability. No extortion demands have yet been made to TheNerds.net, who are working with the FBI and the Secret Service.

Here's an interesting post-mortem revealing the steps taken to crisis-manage a Zilterio extortion attempt on linkLINE. For the interested, here's an archive of a Zilterio email that was forwarded to Bugtraq.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archiv...1-10/0073.html

Yeti · May 31, 2002, 09:30 PM

Well... now you know why i don't use credit cards

jk

On the one hand we have a bad security system.
On the other hand we have a malitious hacker.
On yet another hand we have a revolutionary and obviously skilled individual.

What do they all have in common? : room for improvement.

EvilFoo · Jun 1, 2002, 05:14 AM

*sigh* That's terrible... Ransom demands...

Malus · Jun 1, 2002, 05:17 AM

Everybody needs to make a living. . .

Ijustwannaknow · Jun 1, 2002, 05:40 AM

oh well

therock16 · Jun 1, 2002, 07:41 PM

That's why I only buy from newegg

Yeti · Jun 2, 2002, 01:02 AM

Yeah.. i gotta say newegg is pretty good all around...

May 31, 2002, 09:22 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	TheNerds.Net Hacked by Zilterio http://msnbc.com/news/759029.asp?0dm=C14LT Magn0lia writes "Early Wednesday morning, customers of TheNerds.net recently recieved emails from Zilterio@yahoo.com, claiming in part: “I HATE TO INFORM YOU that your account has been hacked on THENERDS.NET. This site has a very weak security protection system and the database with credit cards and other personal information is not protected at all.” Then Zilterio went on to paste into each email each recipient's personal information, including credit card number. Zilterio is infamous for post-crack extortion attempts; if the past eight months, he has allegedly hacked four sites. He usually then demands around $50,000 USD to maintain the silence concerning that company's vulnerability. No extortion demands have yet been made to TheNerds.net, who are working with the FBI and the Secret Service. Here's an interesting post-mortem revealing the steps taken to crisis-manage a Zilterio extortion attempt on linkLINE. For the interested, here's an archive of a Zilterio email that was forwarded to Bugtraq. http://archives.neohapsis.com/archiv...1-10/0073.html

May 31, 2002, 09:30 PM	#2
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	Well... now you know why i don't use credit cards jk On the one hand we have a bad security system. On the other hand we have a malitious hacker. On yet another hand we have a revolutionary and obviously skilled individual. What do they all have in common? : room for improvement. __________________ --Oh lord not again

Jun 1, 2002, 05:14 AM	#3
EvilFoo DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 94 Rep Power: 0	sigh That's terrible... Ransom demands... __________________ The MSN8 Butterfly is a pedophile. "For a long time it gave me nightmares... witnessing an injustice like that... it's a constant reminder of just how unfair this world can be... I can still hear them taunting him... Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids... I mean, WHY COULDN'T THEY JUST GIVE HIM SOME CEREAL!?!" -C

Jun 1, 2002, 05:17 AM	#4
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	Everybody needs to make a living. . . __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Jun 2, 2002, 01:02 AM	#7
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	Yeah.. i gotta say newegg is pretty good all around... __________________ --Oh lord not again

Jun 1, 2002, 05:40 AM	#5
Ijustwannaknow Driverheaven Senior Membe Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 241 Rep Power: 0	oh well

Jun 1, 2002, 07:41 PM	#6
therock16 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downey, CA Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	That's why I only buy from newegg