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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:37:23 -0700 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> As I have previously posted about, my host sent me an email a few days |
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> ago stating that support tickets for 5,000-6,000 of their clients had |
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> been broken into. I checked my records and found that my root |
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> password had previously been submitted in a support ticket. I then |
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> decided I needed to reinstall my system. |
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> I requested that my host allow me access to a second machine for 2-5 |
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> days while I switch over to a clean system, after that I would turn |
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> the old system over to them and continue with the new system. |
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> My request was denied! I'm blown away by this. Was I asking too |
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> much? |
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> - Grant |
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Would it be unreasonable to tell us who this host is? I want to make |
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sure I don't host any sites on their system; if they can't secure their |
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work tickets, what makes anybody think they can secure anything else? |
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