• Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Most likely : Someone script kiddie tried to attack-it, and some user had a week password. There is tons of bot farm attacking any device connected to the internet all the time, as indiviual, we usually have a firewall/router between our PC and internet (so the whole family gets wifi), and keep all the “remote access services” off. But a telescope is typically the kind of infrastructure where “remote access” is necessary meaning that you’re a target for attacker

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      11 months ago

      There is tons of bot farm attacking any device connected to the internet all the time

      A neat experiment is to configure an SSH server that has no users. It’ll allow connections but it isn’t possible to actually login. It’ll also have a log where you can view login attempts. Within a few days of going online, your logs should be filled will tens of thousands of login attempts from IP addresses from around the world.