Nexus hacking

[obobski]

no issues with the nexus, or any other site, but gmail complained at me a few hours ago and said it locked my account (yet it's been working fine since the 9th until then - they can have a bucket of fun with the new password :thumbsup: ) - makes me believe the database is slowly being crawled by the wonderweasels

[Boudro]

nice... youd think he'd be smarter than that lol

[bben46]

There was a major hack of the Gawker site family password database and some other stuff this week. - NOT related to the Nexus - The Gawker family includes about 6 or so very popular sites that share a common log on - Gawker, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, IO9, Jezabelle and a few others. If you use the same password for a bunch of sites, be sure to change them all. And use different passwords for each. This password hacking on various sites is beginning to get out of hand.

[ScottHarvey77]

This would explain why i got all that viagra ad spam the other week....

[setiweb]

Dear Customer,

 

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. recently became aware of unauthorized access to an email list used by a vendor to create a welcome email to customers who have an Owner Link or My Acura vehicle account. The data that was obtained included your email address, your name, Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and User ID. Your password was not included and no other sensitive information was contained in that list.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. As a company, we believe that all customer relationships must be built on trust. That is why we believe it is important to inform you of this incident. You may be aware of attacks on email marketing systems, therefore we want to assure you that we take the safeguarding of your information seriously and that the appropriate authorities have been contacted regarding this incident. Additionally, we have taken steps to minimize this type of exposure in the future.

 

As a Company, we encourage you to continue to be aware of the increasingly common email scams that may use your email address to contact you and ask for personal or sensitive information -- Be cautious when opening links or attachments from unsolicited third parties. Also, know that American Honda Motor Co., Inc. will not send you emails asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personal information. If ever asked for this information, you can be confident it is not from us.

 

Again, let us reassure you that we are taking necessary steps to safeguard your personal information.

 

If you would like further information on this topic please visit honda.com/info/b

 

Thank you.

 

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

[bben46]

I personally believe the makers of Viagra should be fined a pile for these illegal advertisements - If the maker wasn't paying someone in some way to do this they wouldn't be doing it.

 

Boycot the products advertised by spammers - NEVER reply to a spam ad no matter how much you are tempted.

[Arthmoor]

 

I got one like that too, only the opening paragraph said this:

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. recently became aware of unauthorized access to an email list used by a vendor of customers who receive special offers and newsletters from Acura. We want to assure you that the only information that was obtained was your email address.

 

I don't know if this actually came from Acura though because the link they gave me to check it out doesn't point to their domain at all.

[axe500]

a Call of Duty Fanboy trying to destroy a very fun game,shouldn't we teach him a little respect lets say post the link and we spam his website(sorry for my evil plan hahaha)

[TheVampireDante]

Axe500: How about we don't?

 

Pathetic little attention seekers like that want a reaction, and to be honest their not worth getting yourself in trouble over. Spamming and trolling them back just sinks people down to their level and is pointless.

[FSBDavy]

1: Why on earth haven't you told everyone to change their passwords? Not everyone reads the blog/news sections. You need a message box or something at logon to warn people!

 

2: Why is this 'guy' a script kiddy? Considering the *massive* jump in spam I am now recieving soely as a result of this, why is this hack "attempt"(!) being belittled so much? How many email addresses were stolen and added to spam lists? Why is that being considered do 'unsucessful'?