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technoir ([personal profile] technoir) wrote2005-12-17 01:15 am

lookee what I got.

This was in my email today. I am let me assure you, less than ammused.

From: jeremiah.mccoy@gmail.com <jeremiah.mccoy@gmail.com> Mailed-By: falcon.dnsvs.net
To: jeremiah.mccoy@gmail.com
Date: Dec 16, 2005 8:06 PM
Subject: spaming. white-wolf.com hack. database.
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After the server white-wolf.com has been hacked admins have refused \"to thank\" us.
We suggest you to buy database white-wolf.com all for 10 $.
In base of 65000 accounts with mails, icq, msn, personal data of users.
Mail for details whtwlfx@yahoo.com

[identity profile] huntsman-tavern.livejournal.com 2005-12-17 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, lots of folks have been gettng them.

I suspect everyone who is linked or has a user account on the WW website will recieve one.

The Cam has said that we shouldn't worry, we'll probably just get some spam, and such.

I suppose we will see.

-Giddy

[identity profile] msrlapin.livejournal.com 2005-12-17 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What unnerves me is that it's from your own account... and I got one too. Changed my password and e-mailed Google pronto.

[identity profile] technoir.livejournal.com 2005-12-17 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
sending an email to look like i comes from your own account is not terribly difficult. They dont actually have to have a password or anything to do that.

[identity profile] msrlapin.livejournal.com 2005-12-18 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, good. I was afraid something intrusive had happened. Update: The bastard's sent out a new mail with a forum address instead of the Yahoo account. I guess that the Yahoo account either got shut down or filled with so much invective that he needed a new locale to work from. Considering the general deviousness of WW fans, and the fact that not a few of them are techo-savvy, this might prove to be more interesting that usual for our hacker in the Chinese sense. Time will tell.