Back in college (early 90's) I would run ToneLoc overnight, and wake up to view the results. One time I had a hit, and I ftp'ed into some server on Mindspring's customer IP range.
A quick look at the system told me the root account had no password set. So I tried a telnet and wham - I was in.
A 'who' showed someone else was logged in. So I sent a broadcast message to them saying they need to secure their system better, and logged out.
I had the habit of using an obscure hotmail email to log into FTP servers, and had done that here. I was surprised to see an email from the owner - wanting to know how I found his system, etc. He was nice, but I didn't reply.
A quick look at the system told me the root account had no password set. So I tried a telnet and wham - I was in.
A 'who' showed someone else was logged in. So I sent a broadcast message to them saying they need to secure their system better, and logged out.
I had the habit of using an obscure hotmail email to log into FTP servers, and had done that here. I was surprised to see an email from the owner - wanting to know how I found his system, etc. He was nice, but I didn't reply.