[LUNI] OT: possible yahoo problem

[Carey Tyler Schug]

Has anybody else seen anything along this line?  Is there an exposure, 
or just random chance that two people on this list serve had their 
accounts hijacked through random attacks?

chicago-deb wrote:
>
> On or about March 29th, I received a note from from a member of this
> group that they received an inappropriate remark from a fellow
> member. This person seemed to be responding to an offer that was
> posted.
>
> It was brought to my attention that the "offender" was unaware that
> this had happened and found that someone had "hijacked" her Yahoo ID
> and account. They have contacted the police to try to resolve this
> matter.
>
> My own Yahoo account/ID, that I have had since the 1990's was also
> hijacked a few weeks ago. My password had somehow been changed and
> I was unable to login and view my groups. (Thankfully I have Mary
> and Michele to co-mod and they took over until I could get a new id
> and re-join the groups that I moderate.)
>
> If this has happened to you, please contact Yahoo. You may just get
> a "canned" response, but if they receive enough emails about this
> problem, they may be able to find out who was able to hijack our
> accounts.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Deb
> Arlington Hts Freecycle Moderator
>

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--Carey Tyler Schug