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[Discuss] Hacked or Scam?



See https://haveibeenpwned.com/
story:
https://www.wired.com/story/collection-one-breach-email-accounts-passwords/

Greg Rundlett
https://eQuality-Tech.com
https://freephile.org


On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 5:19 PM Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:54:48 -0500
> Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:
>
> > Laziest scam in existence:
>
> This.
>
> For a while I was getting hit by a claim that my adult site account was
> compromised. Had a legit password and everything.
>
> Except...
>
> The password was (past tense) only used for Livejournal and that
> account has been closed and unusable for at least 2 years now.
>
> Oh, yeah. Livejournal's password database was compromised at least once
> if you haven't heard.
>
> --
> Rich Pieri
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