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

Adrian Stoness tdk.knight at gmail.com
Wed Apr 29 19:04:06 CDT 2015


this email was just found in my spam folder

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 7:40 PM, 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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