Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for this information, but after a while I have no longer my passwords on my computer... Saludos cordiales Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de Jeffery Smith Enviado el: mi?rcoles, 09 de mayo de 2007 3:12 Para: 'Leica Users Group' Asunto: [Leica] Close call on fleabay This morning, I suddenly got a stream of emails confirming the stuff I put up for auction on ebay (I hadn't). Figuring that it was another phishing expedition, I went to "My Ebay" and saw a gaggle of crap that someone had put up for auction under my name (a bunch of DVD collections). After pooping my pants, I got on the phone and told ebay to pull the plug on those auctions. After about 20 minutes of talking to two guys on the phone, it occurred to me that my ebay name and my password were very close to being the same(!). With Firefox routinely filling my name and password in for me, I hadn't noticed the similarity. For those of you who frequent ebay as a buyer or seller, change your password to something *ungodly*. I went to my password database (with all of the online stores, banking, credit cards, ebay, email, and the like, I have 89 entries). Of the 89 entries in that database, 13 were the same password that the ebay hacker deduced. Scary. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information