| re: NJC: Grace's myspace hacker |
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rockfenris2005 04:55 pm UTC 07/22/07 |
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re: NJC: Grace's myspace hacker - daveake 03:33 pm UTC 07/22/07 |
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> Is she using the same password every time? I find it
> difficult to believe that it's possible to hack a myspace
> account without a password. If myspace was easily
> compromised it'd be all over the news. I can only think
> of a few possibilities:
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> 1 - She's using an easily guessed password
> 2 - She's using the same password for other websites and
> one of those is run by this "hacker"
> 3 - She's got a virus on her machine that's monitoring her
> passwords
> 4 - Someone else has access to her machine (e.g. someone
> she lives with) and she has her browser set to remember
> passwords
> 5 - She's responding to one of these silly "please
> reconfirm your details" emails, or she's got a virus on
> her machine.
>
> So, in the absence of further information, and sorry to
> sound harsh, but this sounds self-inflicted.
>
> Dave
Not harsh. I've learned the hard way with this stuff. Will pass on the message tho.
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