[GRLUG] hacked

[Topher]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Jeff DeFouw wrote:

> 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?

It's called a Joe Job, it's VERY common.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job

It's amazingly easy for anyone to do.

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