Penetration Testing: Re: Smells Funny: Looking for help against Chinese Hacking Team

["Adriel T. Desautels" <ad_lists () netragard com>]

Jc,
	First,. there's no need to get testy.  I was asking you what you were  
talking about because I don't understand specifically what you are  
asking. Are you asking if the Chinese hacking threat is real, or if  
the person that was asking for help was a troll of some sort?
	That said, I only read a part of the original thread because it got  
boring fast. IIRC the person asking for help just didn't know what he  
was doing. He wasn't being specifically targeted, but he was being  
compromised.  Usually when you're specifically targeted you don't know  
it.  Does that make sense?
On Jan 11, 2009, at 4:55 PM, jc wrote:

> Read the org. thread, how is this not clear?  If you didn't read/ 
> remember the thread, I'm simply asking
> was it real or a put on?   If it is real, I'm flabbergasted by the  
> inanity.
> -jc
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Adriel T. Desautels wrote:
>
> > What are you talking about?
> >
> >
> > On Jan 10, 2009, at 1:20 PM, jc wrote:
> >
> > > 	While I can't speak for others, by nature I'm paid to be  
> > > paranoid.  It goes with the
> > > career, that and realizing no one will exclaim, "Thanx for keeping  
> > > us safe" -- rather, more
> > > like, "Why couldn't you keep us safe...?"  The negatives are  
> > > expounded long before the
> > > positives....metrics, people, information be dammed (your 'Atta- 
> > > Boy!' mileage may vary)...
> > > ...So when I look back on the thread, with further research on  
> > > stings, setups, and phishing
> > > scenarios, I get the feeling this was some kind of troll, some  
> > > kind of experiment, some kind of
> > > juicy target, a lawful honeypot if you will.
> > >
> > > Does anyone else get the same sort of creepy-crawly feeling?    
> > > When I look at the way it was
> > > written, and the obvious vulnerabilities/clues given, it smells to  
> > > good to be true.  Or is this level
> > > of innate incompetence the norm?
> > >
> > > Do I need to leave the building and get some fresh air?  Speak  
> > > Human instead of Binary?
> > > Or does something not smell right about the whole thing a month  
> > > later?
> > > Thanx,
> > > jc
> >
> >
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