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How to have your e-mail hacked

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  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Source: The phishing email that hacked the account of John Podesta - CBS News

    “Google stopped this sign-in attempt. You should change your password immediately.” And it then offered a link to change his password.​

    Never trust a link in an e-mail, never.

    Delevan included the Gmail link that would be used to change a user’s password, but whoever changed Podesta’s password instead clicked on the shortened URL that was in the original phishing email. This is the same technique used to hack Colin Powell’s emails and the Democratic National Committee emails, according to the website Motherboard.

    All of these hacks were executed using these shortened URLs in fake emails, according to Motherboard, and those URLs “were created with a Bitly account linked to a domain under the control of Fancy Bear,” a group of Russian hackers.     ​

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    I find it to be strange, weird, odd... but in a fun kind of way. I never know what to expect from day to day. :D

    But the most odd thing is the grabby brakes. Just a light, easy, gentle push on the brake pedal..... and then GRAB!!! :eek: I better not have coffee in my hand.
     
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    Sorry about that! How did my brakes post get over here???

    I must of been hacked! :LOL:
     
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    да!

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    That's great! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
     
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