[NSC-users] Yet another intrusion

[Leif Nixon]

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Dear long-suffering NSC users,

Late Tuesday afternoon another intrusion was detected on NSC systems.
Apparently the intruder gained entry through an account whose brand
new password had been stolen, again.

Due to our current level of paranoia, the entirety of NSC was isolated
- From all other networks while a detailed analysis was run on every
single machine.

This also cut our information channels to our users, which is why you
haven't received any information about the incident until now. We are
not happy about this.

We are currently up and running in a limited fashion, and planning how
to get back in full production in a secure manner. You will receive
further information about this.

We also ask all users to please verify the integrity of their ssh
clients. If you don't know how to do this, please contact your system
administrator.


This is a PGP signed mail. Its authenticity can be verified using
PGP software. My public key is available on the key servers and
on www.nsc.liu.se/~nixon

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Leif Nixon                                    Systems expert
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National Supercomputer Centre           Linkoping University
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