I will check all my logs and future ones to. On Thursday, August 8, 2002, at 02:31 PM, Dan Knight wrote:
> 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. > > Before we even knew what had happened, the bank had electronically > cleared $1,444 to PayPal -- another $1,844.70 bounced due to > insufficient > funds. I have no idea how much more they may have cleared out of my > PayPal account, but the last time I looked we had less than $100 there. > > I reported this to PayPal as soon as I learned of the hijacking on > Tuesday morning. They have put a hold on my account while they > straighten > this out. My bank is also being very helpful, and we've filed the > paperwork to reverse the $1,444 already sent to PayPal, but that may > take > a while. > > I'm asking for help from anyone out there who may have the skills to > help > track this person down. spils.com is a free email site, so I don't > expect > they'll be able to help very much. Google has only turned up two > candidates, neither of who may be the party in question. > > If any of you run websites that have logs that track user IDs and IPs, > please take a few minutes to search them for any email address with > "lilbb" -- I suspect that may be the one piece of information crucial to > tracking down this criminal. > > If you have any other ideas, please email me at my [EMAIL PROTECTED] > address. > > Finally, if you use PayPal, ask yourself how secure your password might > be from someone hacking it. I thought mine was pretty good -- nothing > you'd find in a dictionary -- but it wasn't good enough. If you're > changing your password, think UPPER CASE and lower case letters plus > numbers and punctuation. The new password on my personal PayPal account > (not hacked, thank goodness!) covers the whole spectrum. > > -- > Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. > <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> > <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> > <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> > > Unix for stability. Macs for productivity. Windows for solitaire. > In other words, Mac OS X for pretty much everything. > > -- > Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> > The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> > 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
