---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> Date: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:22 PM Subject: Real Black Hats Hack Security Experts on Eve of Conference To: Information Security Mailing List <n3td3v@googlegroups.com> LAS VEGAS — Two noted security professionals were targeted this week by hackers who broke into their web pages, stole personal data and posted it online on the eve of the Black Hat security conference. Security researcher Dan Kaminsky and former hacker Kevin Mitnick were targeted because of their high profiles, and because the intruders consider the two notables to be posers who hype themselves and do little to increase security, according to a note the hackers posted in a file left on Kaminsky’s site. The files taken from Kaminsky’s server included private e-mails between Kaminisky and other security researchers, highly personal chat logs, and a list of files he has purportedly downloaded that pertain to dating and other topics. The hacks also targeted other security professionals, and were apparently timed to coincide with the Black Hat and DefCon security conference in Las Vegas this week, where Kaminsky is unveiling new research on digital certificates and hash collisions. The hackers criticized Mitnick and Kaminsky for using insecure blogging and hosting services to publish their sites, that allowed the hackers to gain easy access to their data. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky-hacked/ http://www.leetupload.com/zf05.txt