Gentlemen, it is very unlikely the qth list server was hacked. What we almost
always see is that one or more indivudual list subscribers are hacked and their
computers in turn send out these phishing emails to the list addresses in their
email address books. I see these across the board on a re
I try not to post about off-topic items, but I can't resist.
There's probably nothing you can do to absolutely protect any computer
that is connected to the Internet. Someday you *WILL* click on some
attachment or there will be an operating system bug that doesn't get
caught and corrected in
Sometimes, being paranoid (or OCD) isn't enough. After a friend's
system was ransomed, I chose the most paranoid path I could afford:
- Daily file syncs of data files, between the Win7 desktop and Linux
laptop. This has the added advantage of keeping the laptop up to date
in case of a surpri
Backup is your only real protection, and it protects against a
lot of other dangers.
With ransomware a part of your threat model, you must also
protect your backup from being encrypted. My own approach is to
have 2 backup disks, one of which is offline and disconnected,
and powered down at al
Yes, I have received phishing attempts via BOTH [Elecraft] and [Tower Talk]
I recently billed 45 hours helping a client work through a ransom-ware
attack on their entire network that started with a simple email link.
Cost them MOST of their data and a LOT of money. ONLY because of my OCD
backup
RUN, don't walk the other way. Look at the address - pretty wonky and
then it says something about CHASE Bank. Looks like someone hacked ALL
the mailman.qth.net mailing lists.
Mike / W8DN
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Hi,
Due to a recent compromise of our servers by some chinese hackers, It has
been mandated that we carry out an integrity check to isolate and disable
all
suspicious accounts. For now we have already placed a red flag on several
accounts
thereby preventing them from carrying out any financial tran
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