Comcast said that someone apparently was able to log onto my webmail account with my username and password. They might have guessed the password or found it somewhere. It was overly simple. It's been changed. Comcast says there should be no further problems. We'll see. In any case, I've been told that the mailing didn't contain any viruses or other malevolent materials. They were merely drug ads.
Best, Paul On Aug 2, 2011, at 1:59 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > The originating IP address according to my whois IP search is in New Zealand. > It's unlikely that Paul's ISP is located there. > > On 8/2/2011 2:06 PM, steve harley wrote: >> On 2011-08-02 07:22 , William Robb wrote: >>> On 02/08/2011 7:03 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Salute! I'm quite happy with the results. And what about you? [spam site] >>>> >>>> Uh-oh - someone's email has been compromised. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I didn't think this sort of thing was possible for Mac users. >> >> it's unlikely that anyone accessed his computer; perhaps the most common >> vector for this sort of thing is that some site where Paul had registered >> was hacked and the hacker obtained a list of email addresses and passwords >> (possibly decrypted via dictionary attack); if his password there was the >> same as his Comcast email password, the hacker could then log into Paul's >> Comcast webmail, harvest contact addresses, and send out email in Paul's >> name via Comcast >> >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
