I was a third party to this, it got cc'ed to me (I probably did send
his listserv a request that bounced). But I thought it might be of
interest to some list owners, to see if their lists were involved in
this abuse.
> From: Barry Kort <bkort@musenet.org>
> Message-Id: <199503121654.LAA24894@michael.musenet.org>
> Subject: Re: Failed LISTSERV@wsyd.com access? what happened from your end,
> To: james@wsyd.com (James Pallack)
> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 11:54:14 -0500 (EST)
>
>
> > I was going though my LOGS and noticed that my system had received a
> > LISTSERV request from you. But looks as if it BOUNCED the reply. But
> > not sure if it bounced your request instead.
>
> I didn't request it. A notorious Internet hacker sent forged E-Mail
> to hundreds of ListServs around the world to subscribe me and others
> to hundreds of lists. The following addresses were victimized by
> this attack:
>
> barry@musenet.org
> dc@musenet.org
> bkort@musenet.org
> veralynn@aardvark.stu.rpi.edu
> veralynn@dan.com
> co215@cleveland.freenet.edu
>
> None of the above should be on any of your subscription lists.
>
> If you would like further information, please contact me.
>
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