>>Do you have any idea of what approach they would have used to break thru the firewall?
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>>More and more, companies are installing those firewall boxes and it's kind of scary to hear something like that.
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>Actually, it's my own fault, I just didn't want to post it that way! I turned the firewall off temporarily to make some adjustments and forgot to turn it back on right away. As soon as I did I found the suspicious files.

It's a coincidence that during that period something went into it.

Well, it's good to hear as it was kind of scary to hear someone breaking thru a firewall. However, despite the fact that I would say it happens sometimes, I'm happy to hear the hacker didn't break it while it was on.