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Emergency Maintenance: SVCasewestern Compromised

Posted by postprob on August 30, 2007 at 06:06 PM

Problem:   SVCasewestern Compromised
Cause:     Administrator account accessed
Affects:   Stockval application users
Started:   08/30/2007 05:56 PM
Resolved:  08/30/2007 06:05 PM

Notes:

Just set a resolved date on this.

Unusual activity noticed in the early afternoon. Investigation discovered all accounts, including Guest w/blank password, had admin rights and remote desktop access. Anti-virus and software firewall protections removed/disabled.

Removed from the network and contacting application owners. Will rebuild with hardened security.


Created: 08/30/2007 18:06:34 by cxl34

Updates: 10/19/2007 13:40:28 by dak