Re: [OT] web email acct compromised
On Monday 26 December 2011 14:50:56 hvw59601 wrote:
> T o n g wrote:
> > On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:47:42 -0600, hvw59601 wrote:
> >> Recently one of my Yahoo accts was compromised. Mail was sent all over
> >> the place with nonsense, to LDU also.
> >>
> >> [. . . ]
> >>
> >> And how is an account compromised?
> >
> > Looks like it's a growing trend to me. One of my friend was hit a while
> > ago as well. Because she is not that tech savvy, I couldn't figure out
> > how it actually happened either. Do you have any clue yourself?
>
> <snip>
> It's a seldomly used Yahoo! account. It happened once before also with a
> Yahoo! account. AFAIK never with gmail.
I once had a password changed. As far as I could tell, my account had not yet
been used when I noticed and reclaimed the account.
Lisi
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