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Jon Corby
Moral Hero
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by Jon Corby » Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:38 pm
Apologies to everyone who has received a mail from my yahoo account linking to some Canadian Pharm vendor.
I guess my password was not that secure.
Jon O'Neill
Ginger Ninja
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by Jon O'Neill » Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:40 pm
Have you changed your password by now? If so, what was it?
Matt Morrison
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by Matt Morrison » Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:48 pm
Can you not just see the sent message and reply to all with an apology?
Jon Corby
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by Jon Corby » Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:19 pm
Matt Morrison wrote: Can you not just see the sent message and reply to all with an apology?
It sent about 50 mails to about 6 recipients each time. CBA really. A lot of them are dead, a lot of them I can't place, or don't give a crap about.
Obviously I care about you guys though.
Jon Corby
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by Jon Corby » Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:19 pm
Jon O'Neill wrote: Have you changed your password by now? If so, what was it?
Not telling you, but it was just a word.
Ryan Taylor
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by Ryan Taylor » Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:49 pm
Jon Corby wrote: Jon O'Neill wrote: Have you changed your password by now? If so, what was it?
Not telling you, but it was just a word.
How many syllables? 10?
Gavin Chipper
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by Gavin Chipper » Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:37 pm
So because you have "road" as your password and someone manages to guess it, it Yahoo e-mail that's rubbish and not you?
Jon Corby
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by Jon Corby » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:43 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: So because you have "road" as your password and someone manages to guess it, it Yahoo e-mail that's rubbish and not you?
Yes. I should be asked for three separate passwords, and enter a security question each time I want to send a mail.
David O'Donnell
Series 58 Champion
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by David O'Donnell » Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:43 pm
Are you sure it's a password hack? I get emails from Paul Howe all the time, and other people in my inbox, informing me of great details on electrical goods. I know it's not them emailing me just some facebook-esque app. they've inadvertently latched onto.
Charlie Reams
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by Charlie Reams » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:53 am
There's no validation on the From field of an email, anyone can send any email from
joncorby@chunkylover.com . But the fact that they went to Corby's contacts suggests that it was a real email hack.