Gary Knox email account hacked
#1
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Gary Knox email account hacked
Guys,
I've been informed by and officer of 928 OC that some/many of you have been getting spam/hoax/weird emails from my account, I apologize profusely for any issues/inconvenience. I became aware of this yesterday morning, and immediately made some changes in the account that my 'consultant' said (to me, a techno-peasant in regard to the current internet sophistication) that the issue should be solved.
IF ANY OF YOU get any more emails from me that do not make sense (I always comment on any attachments I send in the prose associated with the email), please let me know ASAP via a direct email from my account here on Rennlist.
Again - my apologies for not knowing about it before it apparently inconvenienced so many of you.
I've been informed by and officer of 928 OC that some/many of you have been getting spam/hoax/weird emails from my account, I apologize profusely for any issues/inconvenience. I became aware of this yesterday morning, and immediately made some changes in the account that my 'consultant' said (to me, a techno-peasant in regard to the current internet sophistication) that the issue should be solved.
IF ANY OF YOU get any more emails from me that do not make sense (I always comment on any attachments I send in the prose associated with the email), please let me know ASAP via a direct email from my account here on Rennlist.
Again - my apologies for not knowing about it before it apparently inconvenienced so many of you.
#6
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Hey Gary
Just because folks are getting emails with your address in the 'from' field does not mean your account has been hacked. The 'from' field is just text in the email and nothing in the system actually checks that it actually came from that account. You can make is say whatever your want. All this means is that someone saw your email address and thought to try to exploit it.
-Karl
Just because folks are getting emails with your address in the 'from' field does not mean your account has been hacked. The 'from' field is just text in the email and nothing in the system actually checks that it actually came from that account. You can make is say whatever your want. All this means is that someone saw your email address and thought to try to exploit it.
-Karl
#7
Gary, if you have a yahoo address this is just the beginning.