[Elecraft] Hacked Emails

[stan levandowski]

A few weeks ago my email address got "hacked" too.  First time it ever 
happened to me.  Quite disturbing to say the least!

I am retired.  This Elecraft list is the only list I subscribe too.  I 
get very few emails and I never open one that doesn't come from someone 
I know (other than those from this list).

So now I'm wondering if the recent email address "hackings" that have 
been discussed on this list over the last 6 - 8 weeks are a product of 
this list?

Just a thought coming from a retired IBM systems programmer whose 
ancient knowledge of assembler language, and computers-as-big-as 
ranch-houses, doesn't  transfer to today's complex, web-based 
interactive computing environment.

When I got hacked, the hacker accessed by "Sent" history file and resent 
inquiry emails to selected ham radio suppliers, even changing all the 
dates to September 10.  This caused quite a bit of confusion when 
suppliers I dealt with over a year ago were being asked "by me" to trace 
lost shipments, give a price quote, etc.

I was unable to find any evidence of emails being resent to any targets 
other than ham radio suppliers.

That's what makes this seem so strange....

73,

Stan Levandowski WB2LQF
HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years!
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