Mimsey Borogrove
Crusader
Hi - I have had 2 email hacks that I don't know how to explain - perhaps you can.
The first I think was an OSA operation - a few years back my inbox was deleted. I was flipped out, thinking I had done it some how, but each day after 8 days had elapsed that day's email was delete ( for example when I checked my email on March 24 , March 16 had disappeared, and on March 25, March 17 disappeared) It was driving me crazy and Norton, and email providers couldn't figure it out. When I changed my email password, it stopped.
The second happened a few days ago - I had invoiced a client. The book keeper called me up - they had gotten an email from me requesting it be wire transferred to Texas. I asked her to forward the email to me - it never arrived. So I had her send it to my wife's email. She got it fine. But when I tried to forward it from my wife's email to mine, it again never arrived.
So I changed my password, had my antivirus do a deep scan and the anti virus tech support do a debug on my computer. Called my bank and gave them the wire transfer address. So far, it seems the threat is gone.
What I don't understand is how that hack worked. Was there something hidden in the email that redirected it? Or a virus was put into my computer despite having anti virus soft ware?
Any explanations? Google searching for an answer was fruitless.
Mimsey
The first I think was an OSA operation - a few years back my inbox was deleted. I was flipped out, thinking I had done it some how, but each day after 8 days had elapsed that day's email was delete ( for example when I checked my email on March 24 , March 16 had disappeared, and on March 25, March 17 disappeared) It was driving me crazy and Norton, and email providers couldn't figure it out. When I changed my email password, it stopped.
The second happened a few days ago - I had invoiced a client. The book keeper called me up - they had gotten an email from me requesting it be wire transferred to Texas. I asked her to forward the email to me - it never arrived. So I had her send it to my wife's email. She got it fine. But when I tried to forward it from my wife's email to mine, it again never arrived.
So I changed my password, had my antivirus do a deep scan and the anti virus tech support do a debug on my computer. Called my bank and gave them the wire transfer address. So far, it seems the threat is gone.
What I don't understand is how that hack worked. Was there something hidden in the email that redirected it? Or a virus was put into my computer despite having anti virus soft ware?
Any explanations? Google searching for an answer was fruitless.
Mimsey