Yes. See: The Infrastructure Forum of the U.K. has warned that "out of office" auto-replies are used by thieves to target empty houses. The thieves purchase lists of e-mail addresses and mass-mail the list, hoping to receive "out of office" responses. Criminals then cross-reference the e-mail address to online directories to discover names, addresses, and phone numbers. More than 120 warnings about the scam were received by the Corporate IT Forum.
full article at http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137316 Rodel Calvario wrote: > > Hello All, > > Don't know if this is the right place to post this. Are the out of office > messages inviting hackers to attack your corporate network? Is this a risk > to your company if employees start using the Out of Office feature? > > Any comments? > > Thanks in adavnce. > > Rodel > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566
