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Subject: RE: Disturbing e-mail
From: "Tim Chovanak (Digital)" <v-timc @ microsoft . com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:36:57 -0800
To: "'rabbi @ www . valuu . net'" <rabbi @ www . valuu . net>, firewalls <firewalls @ greatcircle . com>

It's a hoax...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net [SMTP:rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net]
> Sent:	Friday, February 14, 1997 5:01 AM
> To:	firewalls
> Subject:	Disturbing e-mail
> 
> I received this disturbing piece of email, and was wondering if anyone
> else on the list has gotten one. I am not worried since I have no
> personal, private or sensitive info on my server, (or network).
> 
> From: 	Rabbi[SMTP:rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net]
> Sent: 	Thursday, February 13, 1997 9:38 PM
> To: 	rabbi @
 www .
 valuu .
 net
> Subject: 	security breached by Naughty Robot
> 
> This message was sent to you by Naughty Robot, an internet spider that
> crawls into your server through a tiny hole is the World Wide Web.
> 
> Naughty Robert exploits a security bug in HTTP and has visited your
> host
> system to collect personal, private, and sensitive information.
> 
> It has captured your E-mail, 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 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 Naughty
> Robert --
> Car Jacking its way  onto the Super-Highway.
> 

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