[RndTbl] Manitoba Hydro email database hacked (or sold)

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I also have vendor specific addresses setup on my domain including 
Manitoba Hydro, I have received 0 spam on that address since it was 
setup about 1 year ago.

On 15-04-26 12:44 PM, Hartmut W Sager wrote:
> I too have been using vendor-specific "from" addresses on my on 
> domains for a long time (e.g., hws-sobeys at marityme.net 
> <mailto:hws-sobeys at marityme.net>), albeit for a different reason - to 
> easily get rid of "subscriptions" if a vendor doesn't want to honour 
> an unsubscribe request (all I do then is delete the vendor-specific 
> "from" address).
>
> Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331
>
>
> On 25 April 2015 at 19:40, Bradford C. Vokey <brad at fsi.ca 
> <mailto:brad at fsi.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Trevor Cordes (and myself) use vendor specific email addresses
>     when we sign up for services (it's easy when you control your own
>     domain).
>
>     Manitoba Hydro sends me email to 'manitobahydro at yourowndomain.com
>     <mailto:manitobahydro at yourowndomain.com>'
>     Shaw send me email to 'shaw at yourowndomain.com
>     <mailto:shaw at yourowndomain.com>'
>     ...etc...
>
>     For several months now, both Trevor and myself have noticed
>     spammers using our Manitoba Hydro vendor specific email addresses.
>
>     So how (and when) did Manitoba Hydro get their email accounts list
>     hacked?
>
>     If so, what else got hacked? Our per-authorized Debit information?!?
>
>     If not, then did they actually sell their email accounts lists to
>     spam lists?
>
>     I can see spammers sending generic *names* to various domains (ie.
>     trevor at yourowndomain.com <mailto:trevor at yourowndomain.com> or
>     brad at yourowndomain.com <mailto:brad at yourowndomain.com>) but I can
>     not see spammers sending 'manitobahydro' to various domains
>     without some per-initializing from somewhere.
>
>     Just my rant for the week/day/hour...
>
>     ...P.S. If anyone wants to meet some desperate Russian chick feel
>     free to believe in the spam...
>
>     ===
>     Bradford C. Vokey
>
>     Treasurer
>     Manitoba Unix User Group
>     ===
>
>     -------- Forwarded Message --------
>     Subject: 	Allow me to introduce ... to you.
>     Date: 	Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:14:40 +0300
>     From: 	mstanton at packeteer.com <mailto:mstanton at packeteer.com>
>     To: 	manitobahydro at fsi.ca <mailto:manitobahydro at fsi.ca>
>
>
>
>     Greetings! How's it going? I found out your email in the agency of
>     acquaintances. They also told me you are not married and you wish to meet
>     a sweetheart. I decided to try to email you and get to know you better. I
>     will tell you some information about myself. I am 28 years old. No kids.
>     I would like to meet a sane and responsible person. I do not need to play
>     any online games, I would like to have serious relationship only. If you
>     are interested to know more about my life, please tell me and I will be
>     happy to tell you more info about myself and I will also send you photos!
>
>     My private email:lina-fo at rambler.ru  <mailto:lina-fo at rambler.ru>
>
>     Elena
>
>
>
>
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