[78-L] [78-C] Re: Mike Biel hacked

[Doug Duncan]

On 12/02/2019 16:37, David Lennick wrote:
> These have all been off list..I received 3 this morning, all in reference to
> older e-mails, not all on 78-L (one was "re" a personal e-mail from back in July).
>
> dl
>
>
> On 2/12/2019 10:48 AM, Jeffrey Lichtman jeff at swazoo.com [78-c] wrote:
>> 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.
>>>
>>> dl
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I notice that, since seeing these emails (that I certainly did not click 
on), I am now receiving two copies of each e-mail to the list.

Doug

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