Thanks - yeah I had about 16 spam messages in my Yahoo sent folder - the only reason I knew was because my gmail account was one it randomly selected. I have gone ahead and changed the password as well.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com > wrote: > ** > > > I just assume the assholes have my password, so I immediately change it. > The first time it happened, I didn't immediately change the password, and a > second batch of spams was later sent from my account. If I log into Yahoo > mail and go to my Sent folder, all the spams that were sent are right there. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > > > I had the same thing happen to me last month. I haven't changed my > password > > - should I - the article's not clear. Yahoo turned on the advanced sign > in > > feature, login approvals - a text sent to your mobile for any logins - > > similar to Google & Facebook - so I have started using that. > > > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Alex Stanley < > > j_alexander_stanley@...> wrote: > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > My account was hacked. Yahoo has a huge security hole, and they aren't > > > doing shit to fix it: > > > > > > > > > > http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/31/yahoo-mail-users-still-seeing-accounts-hacked-via-xss-exploit-amid-reports-yahoo-failed-to-fix-old-flaw/ > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/bjzsm54 > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > > > > On 01/31/2013 10:59 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > > > hey have a look http://bit.ly/YlmOIj > > > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > I though you'd caught a trojan or virus but it's an article about the > > > > job market. Problem is the author probably doesn't really understand > the > > > > tech industry. I find a lot of "careers" advisors that don't > understand > > > > it and give ridiculous advice. The telecommuting jobs are often > sitting > > > > at home doing some kind of boring tech support and you probably won't > > > > make anything near what she quotes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
