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Adrian Lamo — Part 3
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FD-302 (Rev, 10-6.95)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription _ 08/29/2002
SBC, email: | telephone number:
; was telephonically contacted by the interviewing
agent. After being advised as to the identity of the interviewing
agent and the purpose of the interview[__]provided the following
information: bo -2
is familiar with unauthorized intrusion of SBC_b bic -2
hacker ADRIAN LAMO.| stated that another SBC employee, Do]
telephone number [_—_=+4dir-- was approached by a
Newsbytes reporter. The Newsbytes reporter stated that a white hat
hacker had contacted him and informed him that he had gained
unauthorized access to SBC's network. Through emails, the reporter
identified the hacker as LAMO. The reporter further stated that
LAMO was able to see all their customers' information. LAMO
utilized a vulnerability in the dial up pools of SBC's customers.
He gained access to their network by opening up his Netscape
browser and typing in a particular Internet Protocol (IP) address
and keyword. This action caused an URL attack to occur causing
SBC's index of files to be displayed in LAMO's browser. The index
feature must be turned on for this to occur. LAMO claimed the
vulnerability to their system was in their dial up routers.
LAMO was able to view customer account names, passwords
and email addresses. Over 3600 customer's were vulnerable to the
attack,
The technical team at SBC was able to validate the
vulnerability LAMO had utilized. They went through their directory
structure to determine the amount of damage LAMO had inflicted.
The technical team had to call all 3600 customers individually and
change all of their passwords. The web server and dial up logs
were preserved. Some of the IP addresses in the web server logs
resolved to Kinko's stores. Other IP addresses resolved to dial up
accounts.
and[_——édit had’ indirect contact with LAMO. They
decided not to speak to him directly. (C7 Jis unaware if anyone
from SBC's Public Relations Department spoke to him directly.
About two (2) to three (3) weeks later, an individual who works in
their security department was approached by LAMO via email. The
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Investigation on 08/27/02 at New York, NY ({telephonicallyb7C -1,2
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