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I got a phishing email the other day that got my attention (as an IT guy I typically don't even notice these anymore).
But this one had my username and an old password I used to use in the subject line.
From there it was typical ransomware bs - he had hacked my system & has images of me accessing various porn sites, and I was to send an amount of bitcoin to an address, ... all bull ... but man, it had my password!
I did a bit of research - it's likely a result of a hack of one of the big sites from a long time ago; I'd guess that the password that they had was one I haven't used since around 2006-ish. But it definitely got my attention.
So moral to the story - change your passwords regularly, and try to not use the same password for everything - if somebody hacks into walmart.com & gets your info you sure don't want it to be the same password you use for your paypal account.
Stay safe!
But this one had my username and an old password I used to use in the subject line.
From there it was typical ransomware bs - he had hacked my system & has images of me accessing various porn sites, and I was to send an amount of bitcoin to an address, ... all bull ... but man, it had my password!
I did a bit of research - it's likely a result of a hack of one of the big sites from a long time ago; I'd guess that the password that they had was one I haven't used since around 2006-ish. But it definitely got my attention.
So moral to the story - change your passwords regularly, and try to not use the same password for everything - if somebody hacks into walmart.com & gets your info you sure don't want it to be the same password you use for your paypal account.
Stay safe!
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