Re: Have I been hacked?

[Vidiot <brown mrvideo vidiot com>]

>Another thing to think about:
>
>If ever there were some private pgp keys on a compromised machine, those
>pgp keys are to be considered as compromised as well.
>
>It's hard (to say the least) to crack pgp encryped data, but the private
>key is more easy (though not trivial) to break. Of course, this depends
>a lot on the quality of the pass phrase chosen.
>
>Consider the keys compromised, revoke the public key(s) and recover the
>system. Then create new pgp key pair(s).
>
>Just a thought...
>Gustav

The programs that we've seen so far have not gone after PGP keys.  Only to
find other systems that can be hacked in order to build a database of machines
for possible use in the future for denial-of-service attacks.  If they were
after data, or other mischief, people would have reported cleaned out
machines, etc.

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