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Re: security breached by NaughtyRobot
Don't panic. It's just a hoax. Lots of other people have received it.
The hoaxer got your address somewhere off the Internet (maybe Usenet,
maybe your web page) and sent you the email.
At 12:40 PM 2/20/97 +0900, Ellen Iwasaki wrote:
>HELP! Can anyone tell me what this message is that I received in my mail
>today? Is it real? Should I do as it suggests? I have used the Internet
>once to purchase some books? Was my credit card number stolen in the
>process? How did this happen and how will it affect me? What should I do?
>PLEASE ADVISE ASAP! Thank you for your help
>Ellen Iwasaki
>Kumamoto, Japan
>
>> From: [email protected]
>> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 97 02:27 CST
>> Apparently-From: [email protected]
>> Apparently-To: [email protected]
>> Reply-to: [email protected]
>> Registered-mail-reply-requested-by: [email protected]
>> Sensitivity: PERSONAL-CONFIDENTIAL
>> Precedence: EMERGENCY
>> Priority: URGENT
>> Comment: Authenticated sender is <[email protected]>
>> Organization: NaughtyRobot
>> Subject: security breached by NaughtyRobot
>>
>> This message was sent to you by NaughtyRobot, an Internet spider that
>> crawls into your server through a tiny hole in the World Wide Web.
>>
>> NaughtyRobot exploits a security bug in HTTP and has visited your host
>> system to collect personal, private, and sensitive information.
>>
>> It has captured your Email and physical addresses, as well as your phone
>> and credit card numbers. To protect yourself against the misuse of this
>> information, do the following:
>>
>> 1. alert your server SysOp,
>> 2. contact your local police,
>> 3. disconnect your telephone, and
>> 4. report your credit cards as lost.
>>
>> Act at once. Remember: only YOU can prevent DATA fires.
>>
>> This has been a public service announcement from the makers of
>> NaughtyRobot -- CarJacking its way onto the Information SuperHighway.
>>
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