[plug] Got hacked....

[Brad Campbell]

Did something dumb..
On a world facing box I set up a test account for some mail games I've been playing with u:p 
archiver:archiver..

24 hrs later I have 400 sshd processes running, an irc psybnc and an irc command and control server 
all in /var/tmp/.bash..

Lucky I was all patched up with no local or remote exploits.. but a lot of valuable stuff I have on 
this box is world writable..

A full 'debsums' verified nothing had been tampered with/replaced and I was not rooted.. but a 
wakeup call none the less..

Brad
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