IP: Maybe not Re: Sudan Bank Hacked, Bin Laden Info Found

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah () shipwright com>
> Subject: Re: Sudan Bank Hacked, Bin Laden Info Found
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> Status:  U
> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 12:23:47 -0500 (EST)
> From: Chris Wysopal <cwysopal () skywriting com>
> To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah () shipwright com>
> cc: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs () philodox com>, dcsb () ai mit edu,
>         cryptography () wasabisystems com, nettime <NETTIME-L () bbs thing net>
> Subject: Re: Sudan Bank Hacked, Bin Laden Info Found
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> This story has some major problems.  Shamalbank.com is hosted in Norway
> and doesn't seem to have any connection back to Sudan.  It is a
> brochureware site.  It seems highly unlikely that hacking the nameserver
> has anything to do with bank opeations as it is run by the ISP, ActiveISP
> in Norway.  Kim Schmitz does not have $10 million to pay as a reward as
> his businesses are reportedly on the verge of bankrupcy.  I can't see an
> Islamic bank using Checkpoint-1, an Israeli product.
>
> -Chris



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