Re: Hacker Warning

[David Kastrup]

Michael Hendry <address@hidden> writes:

> I’ve recently received a message from a hacker who told me he knew my
> password (and quoted it correctly), demanding money in bitcoin for not
> forwarding details of my recent visit to a porn website to all my
> contacts.

You make it sound like you use only one password for everything.  A bad
idea.

> I had been using nabble to access the list - I've never accessed a
> porn website.
>
> Firefox had warned me that the rabble site wasn’t secure when I logged
> in.

That sounds like spoofing: not actually connecting to the site you think
you are connecting to.  Misspelled names (i.e., rabble instead of
nabble) can set oneself up with typo squatters.

> I’ve deleted my nabble account, hence a couple of my messages to the
> group have been deleted.

Deleting your nabble account sounds like pulling off the tractor
ignition key after the mule has bolted.

It doesn't sound like it will do much to address password
vulnerabilities or spoofing.

-- 
David Kastrup