[geeks] ssh attacks

[mrl]

On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 10:47, Kevin wrote:
> Lately, i've been getting several ssh login attempts to accounts
> user, admin and test.  Mostly from European and Asian countries.
> 
> Is there some type of automated worm out there trying to exploit
> an ssh vulnerability?
> 
> Anyone else getting this crap?

The gentoo and debian lists started reporting that stuff a few weeks
ago. Someone said that a debian user reported an actual break in.
<shrug> no one knows why it started, though, as far as I can tell.