Re: Hacker Warning

2018-07-15 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 13 Jul 2018, at 16:34, Karlin High wrote: > > On 7/13/2018 10:27 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> I have taken steps to improve the security of my passwords. > > I'd be lost without a password manager. Quite a few to choose from, I can > think of 1Password, Dashlane, Encryptr, KeePass, LastPas

Re: Hacker Warning

2018-07-13 Thread Karlin High
On 7/13/2018 10:27 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: I have taken steps to improve the security of my passwords. I'd be lost without a password manager. Quite a few to choose from, I can think of 1Password, Dashlane, Encryptr, KeePass, LastPass... various architectures and business models among them.

Re: Hacker Warning

2018-07-13 Thread Joshua Stutter
On 13/07/18 11:40, Michael Hendry wrote: I’ve recently received a message from a hacker who told me he knew my password (and quoted it correctly) Michael, Your e-mail address is listed on https://haveibeenpwned.com/ so it's possible they have obtained your details from one of these breaches.

Re: Hacker Warning

2018-07-13 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 13 Jul 2018, at 12:12, Simon Albrecht wrote: > >> On 13.07.2018 - 12:42, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >> >> 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

Re: Hacker Warning

2018-07-13 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 13 Jul 2018, at 12:34, David Kastrup wrote: > > Michael Hendry 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 >

Re: Hacker Warning

2018-07-13 Thread David Kastrup
Michael Hendry 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

Re: Hacker Warning

2018-07-13 Thread Simon Albrecht
> On 13.07.2018 - 12:42, Michael Hendry wrote: > > > 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. >> >> I had been using

Hacker Warning

2018-07-13 Thread Michael Hendry
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. I had been using nabble to access the list - I've never accessed a porn website