It may be the web browser was hacked when it hit a malicious site. I was
told in a state security seminar to avoid the "save the password for this
site" option and not to "log in automatically".
Busting the browser might also explain how they got the person's address, as
that would tend to be in browser cache ("fill in fields automatically?")
which I still tend to allow myself.
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Joel A. Brondos <jbron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, how do the hackers hijack the computer to get the contacts list or
> whatever? Are they accessing the computer -- or hacking e-mail
> passwords . . . or more likely phishing with naive septuagenarians?
>
> In this case, the woman had actually gone to England . . .
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