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Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?



On 14/10/15 08:43, Stephen Powell wrote:
> In short, I have not "handed it over".
… "wittingly".

You may not have consciously done it, but that doesn't mean it wasn't
effectively "handed over".  Some possibilities:

- Presently undetected malware intercepting the password being entered
on your client machine, from a password store, or capturing it in an
outbound connection.
- Nasties en route between your computer and your host intercepting the
password in cleartext traffic.
- Malware intercepting the password on the server end of the connection.
- Someone had a lucky guess.
-- 
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)

I haven't lost my mind...
  ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.

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