<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <div> <div> <div> <div style="direction: ltr;">What you missed is that the scam included a password that this guy used only on this and some four other mailman lists so this suggests one of these has been compromised </div> <div style="direction: ltr;"></div> </div> <div><br> </div> <div class="ms-outlook-ios-signature"> <div style="direction: ltr;">--srs</div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="dir="ltr""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> anti-abuse-wg <anti-abuse-wg-bounces@ripe.net> on behalf of peter h <peter@hk.ipsec.se><br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 23, 2018 2:19 AM<br> <b>To:</b> anti-abuse-wg@ripe.net<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Mailman <div> </div> </font></div> Yes, we have. <br> <br> This is a Ccommon hoax send as SPAM and the intention is to scare folks to pay. <br> <br> SPAM is the problem here! <br> <br> <br> <br> On Monday 22 October 2018 07.50, ac wrote: <br> > <br> > Hi All, <br> > <br> > I will be repeating this post on four Mailman mailing lists.... <br> > <br> > I received one of these: "I hacked your account, here is your password <br> > and pay me bitcoin" scam emails - to andre@ox.co.za with the password I <br> > used on anti-abuse-wg@ripe.net (and three other Mailman lists only...) <br> > <br> > As I use different passwords, change my passwords (up to now, except <br> > for mailing lists), every 7 to 30 days, I am usually able to know <br> > exactly where, when so that I can go look for the how, etc. As <br> > unfortunately I used the same email and same password on four lists, I <br> > do not know which list data has been compromised. <br> > <br> > If anyone else receives similar email with a password used on <br> > anti-abuse, please let us know... <br> > <br> > For abuse discussion purposes: With which frequency should one change <br> > mailing list passwords? And, is it even that important? Compromising a <br> > mailing list password allows whomever to change my digest options and <br> > nothing much else, so, does it really matter? <br> > <br> > One should have one password for each mailing list (and not one for <br> > four...) but, is it important enough, in terms of abuse itself, to <br> > even change these monthly? or maybe yearly? or maybe not at all? <br> > <br> > Andre <br> > <br> > <br> <br> -- <br> Peter Håkanson <br> <br> There's never money to do it right, but always money to do it <br> again ... and again ... and again ... and again. <br> ( Det är billigare att göra rätt. Det är dyrt att laga fel. ) <br> <br> </div> </body> </html>