[Cialug] ISU Computer Time Stolen to Mine Bitcoin

[Jeff Chapin]

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/hacked-isu-server-used-by-state-schools/article_d7f84e2f-9b7b-5156-bfeb-de054e09dc6d.html

Looks like the particular hardware was insecure, and it was not something
that is easy to clean up from.  Still not sure if destruction was
warranted, and more details would be nice.

Jeff


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> wrote:

> On 2014-04-22 at 21:11:31 Todd Walton wrote:
> > Why would they literally destroy the computers?  It's not like the
> > hardware gets cooties once it's touched by baddies.
>
> Depending on how old the machines were, maybe they were close to their
> end of life anyway. In which case it might not be worth the staff hours
> to wipe and reinstall.
>
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Jeff Chapin
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