This didn't happen to me, just read about it and I'm just giving a heads up because this was pretty good attack.
The attacked gained access to an account and ordered something, simultaneously they launched a bot that subscribed/registered to a couple thousand legitimate websites like you would here. Buried in those thousand emails was the email confirming the order. This type of thing could be used for anything, like your bank account etc.
If you get an avalanche of email like this you better very carefully go through them.
100's or 1000's of Registration Emails in Inbox?
- Richard S.
- Mayor
- Posts: 15243
- Joined: Fri. Oct. 01, 2004 8:35 pm
- Location: NEPA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Van Wert VA1200
- Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat/Anthracite
Post by Richard S. » Sat. Aug. 06, 2016 12:08 am
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