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

Hartmut W Sager hwsager at marityme.net
Mon Apr 27 12:19:33 CDT 2015


Say, who is *lists at friendface.ca <lists at friendface.ca>*?  A proper identity
would be nice, since we all know each other on this MUUG forum.

Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331


On 27 April 2015 at 07:37, lists at friendface.ca <lists at friendface.ca> wrote:

>  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), 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> 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'
>> Shaw send me email to '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 or 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  To: 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
>>
>> Elena
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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