On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:56 AM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On Nov 28, 2012, at 2:06 PM, M Christol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 11/28/12 3:40 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >>>> "The internet is a series of tubes…" >>>> >>> or rubes >> >> >> Yah got it…the UA is having problems sending mail to folks because some >> unknown number of eedjits on campus have replied to the crude phishes like >> >> "We are the certified Arizona Edu Support Team Group Captains and have >> graciously determined that your WebMail Account (Database 3324.5, >> Microsoft.Inc) is in need if instant UpGrade to 2GB. Please to have sign in >> at the sitehttp://some.place.in.Nigeria to effect this UpGrade soonest. Yrs. >> The certified Arizona Edu Support Team Group Captains Copyright 2012 The >> Arizona Board Of Regents" >> >> And handed over their logins (which login, btw, is the single-sign-on, keys >> to the kingdom, change your paycheck direct deposit if they want to, buy >> shit on the UA dime username and password combination that they demand we >> make a new password like 'hG55$wer$@!(99&jhhy3$' every three months for >> "security".) and unleashed a hell torrent of spam on the world. > > An acquaintance just complained that he sent out promotional emails to > 138,000 without setting up a rool for all the auto-replies flooding into the > sending address. > I have no sympathy for him, or those who click on the link from Nigeria. > People, seriously, wake up!
We now know how many the unknown number were: 52. At least 7 have admitted to responding to phishing emails. I'll wager this simply means that the other 45 haven't yet fessed up. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
