Posted: 11/9/2011 8:55:38 AM EDT
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What I would like to do them as a species is an immediate C of C violation.
I received an e-mail at work today from my father's e-mail address. Nothing unusual in that you may think, except that he passed away six weeks ago. There was a message in fractured, mis-spelled English and a link. My brother had his account hacked a couple of weeks ago, everyone in his contacts list received a message purporting to come from him with a similar message and link. I don't know of any way to retaliate against this sort of abuse but I would like it to be severe in it's effect on the perpetrators. Is there an effective body I can report this to? My ISP is BT and they are in general a useless shower of tossers, especially those manning personing operating the call centres. |
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What I would like to do them as a species is an immediate C of C violation. I received an e-mail at work today from my father's e-mail address. Nothing unusual in that you may think, except that he passed away six weeks ago. There was a message in fractured, mis-spelled English and a link. My brother had his account hacked a couple of weeks ago, everyone in his contacts list received a message purporting to come from him with a similar message and link. I don't know of any way to retaliate against this sort of abuse but I would like it to be severe in it's effect on the perpetrators. Is there an effective body I can report this to? My ISP is BT and they are in general a useless shower of tossers, especially those manning personing operating the call centres. Firstly, I'm sorry to hear about your father's passing. Please accept my condolences. You could always write an email in response from your father's account which allows you to explore the deepest, darkest aspects of your persona, and explore the most profane elements of the English language. It would be immensely satisfying for you, insulting for them, and would give your father the last laugh. I don't believe in being abusive for the most part, but scammers and hackers, and criminals in general deserve a special form of verbal and degrading abuse that is cathartic for the soul. Whenever I receive calls from scammers on the phone I try to deliver a tirade of the most bile filled abuse i can muster before they hang up in disgust. You know you've won when they phone back a few minutes later to give you an enraged "fuck off" before the hang up again. It's immensely satisfying. 
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The problem these days (I appreciate not in your case, but in many) is that most people seem to put every detail about themselves on the internet.
To explain a bit further: if someone has an email account with google, hotmail etc. the chances are you need a few security questions to reset the password. So, how can you find these details? Simple, mainly through FaceBook etc. It's so easy these days to find someones mothers maiden name, the street they grew up, their favourite pets name. You get the idea. In this day and age where people are so security conscious, guarding their pin number, shredding their bills etc etc, they are giving the most relevant answers to anyone who views their profile. And don't think that your friends are all ok and they wouldn't do that sort of thing, because there is a chance they would. And then not forgetting that people a creatures of habit and WILL use the same password for virtually everything. Again, as I say this is not aimed at your case, it's just something for everyone to think about. I know people who put their life on Facebook, including 'Checking in' at home, and then saying when they're on going on holiday. It's not rocket science to know that the house is empty. |
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not a lot you can do about this after the fact but there is a good tip I learned from work that may help you guys in future. If you use any Google Apps (Gmail, calendar, contacts, etc) they have a great system called '2 Step Verification' THIS explains it better than I could. Simply put, this adds an extra security layer to your account so that it can only be accessed from devices you have (or wish to) authorise. It's free and easy too  |