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

[Rodger J Holtin]

I just got a phantom off-list fake Mike Biel from a personal reply going
back to 2014 - with the attachment.  
A talented hacker, to be sure.

Rodger Holtin
78-L Member Since MCMXCVIII

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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Doug Duncan
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:39 AM
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] [78-C] Re: Mike Biel hacked


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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