> As many of you may already know, Low End Mac's PayPal account was > hijacked over the weekend. Someone using the email address > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" managed to hack my password, add his/her address to the > account, remove my access to the account, and break the bank.
Well. That sucks. While I applaud your efforts to reveal the cretin, I expect that you won't get enought evidence to prosecute. If you can interest law enforcement in the matter, the simplest way to find him, her, or it would probably to track them through the money they spent from your account (of course, maybe that's what you're doing). I was wondering how someone would get your non-dictionary password. Here's an interesting article about hacking PayPal: http://www.ygoodman.com/zdpphack.html. The possibility it suggests is getting suckered by a bum link that *said* it was to PayPal, but was actually to what I assume would be a lookalike URL like paypol.com (I have no idea if there is such a URL--it's just an example I made up). Your browser wouldn't complain so long as the certificate they were using matched the domain. If you could locate such a funny link, that might be more helpful towards catching the miscreant than anything else. If you have a browser that keeps track of lots of recent sites, you might find it buried in some menu. Just a thought. If this is what happened, it wouldn't matter how good a password you had--you would rat it out yourself. And more importantly, you could do it again with the new password, which would be unfortunate. Good luck with your quest. Regards, Mike -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
