hacked by me?

Wednesday, November 03, 2004, at 09:41AM

By Eric Richardson

I just totally freaked myself out into thinking I had been hacked. I logged onto my server and saw a last login line I didn't recognize at all, at a time last night when I didn't think I was anywhere near a computer. I didn't need this.

Then I realized I actually ssh'ed in from Kathy's apartment then to check my email.

Whew...

I should keep a more active eye on the logs, though. I do see stuff like:

Nov  2 05:46:51 bit sshd[31463]: Illegal user patrick from 137.48.138.228
Nov  2 05:46:52 bit sshd[31465]: Illegal user patrick from 137.48.138.228
Nov  2 05:46:58 bit sshd[31478]: Illegal user rolo from 137.48.138.228
Nov  2 05:46:59 bit sshd[31481]: Illegal user iceuser from 137.48.138.228
Nov  2 05:47:00 bit sshd[31483]: Illegal user horde from 137.48.138.228
Nov  2 05:47:01 bit sshd[31486]: Illegal user cyrus from 137.48.138.228
Nov  2 05:47:02 bit sshd[31489]: Illegal user www from 137.48.138.228
Nov  2 05:47:03 bit sshd[31491]: Illegal user wwwrun from 137.48.138.228

That one goes on for another 20 names or so. I feel pretty good about my security, but always better safe than sorry.

Eric Richardson lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he works on payments infrastructure for Cash App.

Past lives involved streaming audio for Southern California Public Radio, running a hyperlocal news site for Downtown Los Angeles, working on custom mapping code, and writing Perl at the Jet Propulsion Labratory.

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