DataAve Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Got this email (SPAM) in my in box, here at the board! Looks like there was a breach, JasonH. From Forum administration Sent: Fri May 08, 2009 6:23 pm From: profilicus To: DataAve Important to read! "Important to read" was a link to a Drug Site! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonH Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Yeah I'm looking into it. I don't think the person got into the admin controls. They seem to have just sent that spam PM to every user, most likely by using some kind of automation program. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CatchMeIfYouCan631 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 I never got that PM, maybe it's just some dude sending at random? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainInsaneO Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 I too did not receive any spam from the forum, if it helps you track it down at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DataAve Posted May 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Came from here to my email on record here (like when you subscribe to thread) That is probably why some didn't get it, because you weren't subscribed to that thread. When I clicked link, came here to my inbox with the same message as if the Admin PM'd me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonH Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Hmm that's pretty weird. Maybe I banned him before he got everyone? I know at least 1,000 members got hit by it. Looking at the logs, the server sent about 1,300 emails today...and that's just members who have email notification turned on. Normally the server only sends about 200 emails a day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CatchMeIfYouCan631 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Very odd, I never subscribed to any threads, but I always get emails saying what threads I posted in that have responses, or if I have a PM. Jason, is that the same as subscribing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainInsaneO Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Jason, I was hit by this guy yesterday on another forum that I am on. You don't have to worry about whether he got to your admin controls, the way he works is he signs up for a forum by hand, then once he is signed in he uses a bot to mail-bomb the forum's memberlist.php page. Check your PMs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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