Telnet Attack and Deletion of iTunes Music
Has anyone heard of telnet taking over a Mac and then, days later, all of one's music files being deleted? There had been a recent experiment with Windows via Boot Camp and Parallels.
Thanks for your help.
Nope. However one day in 2004 when I was on a network with my Windows 98 laptop, I clicked on a web banner that said the
following.
Do you support President Bush?
Yes or NO
I clicked on the yes in Internet Explorer, and a FTP DOS Window opened and attempted to connect to a server and download a file and also upload files from my laptop to this FTP server. My computer was locked up and and I could not do anything. I do not know what was happening, so I ejected my network card and my computer was free again.
I do not know what happened and if sensitive files were copied to the hackers server. But I guess its the cost of owning a computer these days.
John
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