[LUNI] OT: possible yahoo problem

[Tim Wielgos]

$10 says her password was 'password'

Carey Tyler Schug wrote:
> 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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