Well if you wondered how he got your cell phone, why didn't you ask? When anyone calls, a tech support must is to get their phone number, name, and company (in that order). You should have gotten that as well as a number you can verify, like an ID. When George would call, they could call the PDX FBI office, and they would verify the number to call. On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 09:56, Steve Nichols wrote: > Last night one of our T1 customers had his WUFtp hacked. > I received a call from a guy that said he was with the NSA, and that the > compromised system was attacking them. > He actually called my cell. Which is a private, unlisted number.. > > > My question. > > Is there a way to verify that an individual actually works for the > government. > Can I ask for a badge ID and call a number to verify employment? > I would hate to suspend a T1 customer's data due to a sour ex-employee, > impersonating an employee of the government. > > I ended up asking him to email me the log. Which works, but in the off > chance that I'm not around to receive email...... > > Thanks for any info. > > Steven Nichols > Network and Systems Administrator > Internet and NOC Manager > > > VALLEY INTERNET COMPANY > 1709 NE 27th Street, Suite C > McMinnville, Oregon 97128 > 503-565-5030 or 800-909-9078 (toll-free) > "Pay no attention to the folks behind the curtain..." > PGP: www.viclink.com/~steven/steven.nichols.pgp.txt > > -- Zot O'Connor http://www.ZotConsulting.com http://www.WhiteKnightHackers.com
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