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| Thread ID: 103613 | 2009-09-29 22:31:00 | Hacked Broadband account | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 815323 | 2009-09-29 22:31:00 | Was talking to a mate last night who has a 10Gb plan with Xtra, and a static IP. In the last few months he's been going WAY over his cap (like 4 or 5 Gb over!), and he said it's definitely not him. He's an IT tech from way back, so has checked for virus/spyware infections etc. Apparently Telecom are being real PITA's about it, and are blaming him for it, saying they can see evidence of p2p traffic (which he's not using). Is it actually possible to spoof an IP? And surely Telecom could give him more info about where the attacks are coming from? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 815324 | 2009-09-29 22:37:00 | Does he have Wifi set up? | somebody (208) | ||
| 815325 | 2009-09-29 23:02:00 | Not as far as I know, but I doubt that would be it - he installs enterprise wireless systems regularly. Nothing's un-hackable, but he told me that to prove his point, he turned his broadband router off for a few days and it still happened. | nofam (9009) | ||
| 815326 | 2009-09-29 23:05:00 | Get him to change the password he uses to authenticate his Xtra account, and see what happens - it is possible that someone knows his Xtra username & password and has been using it without his knowledge. | somebody (208) | ||
| 815327 | 2009-09-29 23:06:00 | Change his password for his broadband account. username should be something like user@xadsl.co.nz | whellington (15030) | ||
| 815328 | 2009-09-29 23:14:00 | I thought xtra broadband usage was determined by the phone number not the username. | Safari (3993) | ||
| 815329 | 2009-09-29 23:23:00 | I thought xtra broadband usage was determined by the phone number not the username. Agreed - I thought a broadband connection occupied a PVC from the ISP to the customer, i.e. kind of like a permanent phone call? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 815330 | 2009-09-30 01:16:00 | Yeah, and they'd notice if there was multiple logins happening. Anyways, if Telecom say they're seeing evidence of P2P apps, ask them what ports. There's a darn good chance he's done something like left Skype open and its gone supernode or whatever ... Long story short, the argument of "spoofing" IP's doesnt' apply, wrong term / technology for the fate being suffered. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 815331 | 2009-09-30 02:00:00 | I've heard of at least one case of someone physically piggybacking on the phoneline. They had spliced in on the street. They shut everything down on Friday night and then called on Monday asking how much usage was incurred over the weekend. Apparently many Gig so threatened to sue for inaccurate billing. Telecom sent tech and discovered spliced line. Problem solved. |
HAL9000 (12736) | ||
| 815332 | 2009-09-30 03:58:00 | I've heard of at least one case of someone physically piggybacking on the phoneline. They had spliced in on the street. They shut everything down on Friday night and then called on Monday asking how much usage was incurred over the weekend. Apparently many Gig so threatened to sue for inaccurate billing. Telecom sent tech and discovered spliced line. Problem solved. That only works if only one modem tries to get on the net at once - two modems on the same physical pair will conflict and keep booting each other off. Even if one did manage to get a connection, it would last a few seconds at best. |
Erayd (23) | ||
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