[78-L] Mike Biel hacked

[Jeffrey Lichtman]

Someone's email has been hacked, but it probably isn't Mike's. Usually 
when this happens, some sort of malware infects someone's machine and 
uses that person's address book to send a bunch of messages. The "From:" 
address is spoofed, i.e. faked, using one of those addresses, so that it 
looks like it came from one person's machine but actually came from 
another. This makes it hard to figure out whose machine has been hacked, 
which is the purpose of the spoofing. It looks like it came from Mike, 
but probably came from somewhere else.

78-L strips off attachments, which means that any email we get through 
the list is safe. Be careful with any emails you get off-list. Also, be 
sure your virus protection and firewall software are up to date.

On 2/12/2019 6:38 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Mike Biel's e-mail has been hacked. Do not open anything with an attachment
> claiming to be from him.
>
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