Linked in sent a form email “invitation to join linked-in” as though from me to every address(almost 1800) that ever appeared in an email to or from me. This is the first time my contacts have been hijacked in this fashion. I don’t know what to do about it. Any suggestions?
Geni Houston
06-12-2012, 10:49 AM
LinkedIn itself had a major hacking and passwords were accessed. Go to Linked in - change your password and see what else they tell you to do. This is a recent scenario and they may be updating how to solve this.
Linked in sent a form email “invitation to join linked-in” as though from me to every address(almost 1800) that ever appeared in an email to or from me. This is the first time my contacts have been hijacked in this fashion. I don’t know what to do about it. Any suggestions?
Karl Frederick
06-12-2012, 11:16 PM
Changing your LinkedIn password is a good idea, though I suspect that the email didn't come from LinkedIn, but from a SPAMmer or Phisher who has hacked into your email, and that clicking on the "invitation" routes one, not to LinkedIn, but to a trap for the unsuspecting, who will become the next victim(s).
Practice good email hygiene. Don't put other individuals at risk by sending group emails with everyone's addresses in the "To" or "Cc" addresss areas. Use "Bcc."
Linked in sent a form email “invitation to join linked-in” as though from me to every address(almost 1800) that ever appeared in an email to or from me. This is the first time my contacts have been hijacked in this fashion. I don’t know what to do about it. Any suggestions?
Barry
06-13-2012, 05:45 PM
More on "good hygiene":
Every account that is important (anything to do with money or privacy) should have it's own password. The recent LinkedIn password breach is just the latest example of passwords failing into the wrong hands. So be sure that if they get a password of yours, its only used for one account.
I use 1Password (https://agilebits.com/onepassword) to track all my passwords and it's been quite helpful! :thumbsup:
Your WaccoBB.net password, btw, is stored in an encrypted fashion is such a way that it can't (as far as I know) be decrypted, but when you log in, the password you supply is encrypted as well and then matched against your stored encrypted password. This is why I can't tell you what your password is, if you have forgotten it.
Surf Safely! :waccosun:
Changing your LinkedIn password is a good idea, though I suspect that the email didn't come from LinkedIn, but from a SPAMmer or Phisher who has hacked into your email, and that clicking on the "invitation" routes one, not to LinkedIn, but to a trap for the unsuspecting, who will become the next victim(s).
Practice good email hygiene. Don't put other individuals at risk by sending group emails with everyone's addresses in the "To" or "Cc" addresss areas. Use "Bcc."