Little PSA for you all. I was dumping my junk email folder and as usual, being in the IT field, I like to sift through the scams to enlighten my users as to what they should be looking out for in the corp network and emails, since they know if they are the one that causes a problem the starts with "i probably shouldn't have clicked that" i will absolutely lose my poo on them.
So anyway, I've seen these before, they started about a month ago and contain your email and a (hopefully) old password of yours and want to pay bitcoin extortion money to them because they have proof you were on a porn site or something.
Here's how the actual emails start:
Hello!
I'm a member of an international hacker group.
As you could probably have guessed, your account support@*******.com was hacked, because Isent message you from it.
Now I have access to you accounts!
For example, your password for support@*******.com is A-VALID-PASSWORD-OF-YOURS
Here's the thing - this one i got - had the password for my account at Buds Gun Shop. And i know for a fact that is the ONLY site i used that password for. (i generally do NOT use the same passwords across multiple accounts)
This may go back to the 2011 hack - i'm not sure. But i'm pretty sure i had changed my password since then.
Head's up.
So anyway, I've seen these before, they started about a month ago and contain your email and a (hopefully) old password of yours and want to pay bitcoin extortion money to them because they have proof you were on a porn site or something.
Here's how the actual emails start:
Hello!
I'm a member of an international hacker group.
As you could probably have guessed, your account support@*******.com was hacked, because Isent message you from it.
Now I have access to you accounts!
For example, your password for support@*******.com is A-VALID-PASSWORD-OF-YOURS
Here's the thing - this one i got - had the password for my account at Buds Gun Shop. And i know for a fact that is the ONLY site i used that password for. (i generally do NOT use the same passwords across multiple accounts)
This may go back to the 2011 hack - i'm not sure. But i'm pretty sure i had changed my password since then.
Head's up.