Has there been a Forum Hack ?

Started by MisterW, Dec 06, 2020, 09:11:11

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MisterW

I've just received a phishing email to an address that is ONLY used on the forum.
I use a different alias for each company/forum etc so can be sure that the alias idnet@domain is only used here
 

Simon

We are not aware of any security issues. 
Simon.
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MisterW

Thanks Simon, I'll keep an eye out for any further emails

zappaDPJ

I can find no evidence to suggest the forum has been compromised. We are running a secure version of PHP plus the latest version of SMF which has no reported security issues.

The most likely explanation is someone has carpet-bombed the domain hoping to hit a few actual addresses. I know this has happened here many times before i.e. (random)@idnet.com

You could check the email address @ https://haveibeenpwned.com/ although I doubt anything will show up.
zap
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