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* Re: [gentoo-user] Did I just get hacked???
  @ 2007-02-22 23:34 99%   ` Grant
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From: Grant @ 2007-02-22 23:34 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

> > The contents of my /home/grant/vmware folder have suddenly
> > disappeared.  I haven't noticed anything else strange yet.  I did
> > configure and start shorewall for the first time yesterday instead of
> > using a few iptables commands from the Gentoo Home Router Guide.  I'm
> > also running PenguinTV (a video RSS aggregator with an ebuild in
> > bugs.gentoo.org) and transmission (a bittorrent client in portage)
>
> So someone breaks into your box and the only thing they can think of to
> do is remove your ~/vmware directory?

It occurred to me this morning that a hacker could have gained access
to my system via the vmware guest OS (XP) and then deleted the
contents of vmware/ to cover his tracks.  Does that sound like a
possibility?

- Grant
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