[GRLUG] hacked

[Jeff DeFouw]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:37:41AM -0400, Casey DuBois wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> 
> My Yahoo seems to have been hacked by a spambot.
> 
> It looks to have started at 7:40 and I got the first copy from myself
> at around 7:43.
> From what I can see it started hitting some heavy bounce/returns about
> that time and may have stopped or got blocked.
> I was able to change my password by 8ish but it looks like the damage
> had been done.

It's common for spammers to forge a real person or company e-mail 
address to send out spam.  Access to your account is not required.  Did 
you look at the bounce headers to see if the outgoing mail went through 
Yahoo?

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Jeff DeFouw <mrj at plorb.com>

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