Hi,
just got off the phone with "GoToMy PC" regarding this incident. Lady who lead the investigation in conjunction with the Secret Service gave me a very clear and concise explanation of the events which took place last Dec. It related to a gang of people who were putting keystroke loggers on publicly accessed computers in Kinko's, etc. Someone accessed their gotomypc account from kinko's and "viola", gave instant access to the crooks who were looking for banking information specifically. Fortunately, the person who compromised his own account was at his computer when the thieves accessed his desktop. It was his call to gotomypc that lead to the investigation, the IP trace and the arrest and conviction. Morale to the story: Don't access anything vital from a public terminal...and if you are forced by circumstances to do this, change your passwords as fast as you possible can cuz it's a race from then on. ********* The list is a great source of info for me, but I find the thread about "10 least secure programs" to be, with a few exceptions, little more than egotistical chest-thumping...DUMP IT. Gerald Frank mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: James Cutter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: gotomypc - data from a compromise? U.S. Arrests Queens, New York Man on Computer Fraud Charges JAMES B. COMEY, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JUJU JIANG, 24, of Flushing, Queens, New York, was arrested on charges of computer fraud for attempting to gain access to the accounts of numerous subscribers of GoToMyPC.com, a computer services company that provides subscribers with remote computer access, and successfully taking control of one of those accounts. -- Scott Lesley On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 17:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After googling for a while, I have found out much about what gotomypc > does, but I haven't run across any actual data from a compromise. > > Does anyone out there have such data, or can you direct me to a site > that has it posted? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evaluating SSL VPNs' Consider NEOTERIS, chosen as leader by top analysts! The Gartner Group just put Neoteris in the top of its Magic Quadrant, while InStat has confirmed Neoteris as the leader in marketshare. Find out why, and see how you can get plug-n-play secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, server changes, or ongoing maintenance. Visit us at: http://www.neoteris.com/promos/sf-6-9.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
