[PaQSO] Hijacked eMail Addresses

[K3YD]

My daughter's seldom-used AOL account was highjacked about 10 days ago, but in her case she had NOT stored her password on the signin page.  A password change was enough to stop the problem.

73, Blair k3yd 



I have found in many cases like these, (not all, but 90%+) the victim is an AOL 
lient who has his password stored on the sign-in page, in order to save a step 
y not having to enter it each time you sign-on.







-----Original Message-----
From: Pete <TwelveVDC at aol.com>
To: paqso <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 11:15 pm
Subject: [PaQSO] Hijacked eMail Addresses


I have found in many cases like these, (not all, but 90%+) the victim is an AOL 
lient who has his password stored on the sign-in page, in order to save a step 
y not having to enter it each time you sign-on.
The folder this lies in, is the one that gets compromised by accomplished 
hishers, and you see the results all the time.
In every single instance like this I've encountered, I've successfully 
ecommended that after changing the account password to something suitably 
trong and NEVER using that 3-second time-saving boobytrap again, the problem is 
ever replicated.
Why anyone would want to store any type of password on the very machine they 
ish to protect is beyond me, anyway. It's akin to leaving your house key under 
he porch doormat, and astonished that someone would use it to break in.
Just my .02/$1 worth.
-Pete "The Greek" NL7XM
mateur Radio Callsign Historian
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