[ale] OT(ish) Sold or stolen?

[Horkan Smith]

You've probably checked and eliminated this, but I've had periods where the spammers sent loads of completely random email usernames that were obviously auto-generated.  Every once in awhile, they've matched one of the ones I actually use.

later!
   horkan

On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 11:59:00PM -0400, Robert Reese wrote:
> Hello Alex,
> 
> Tuesday, September 2, 2014, 8:37:46 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > I never gave anyone else that particular alias, I don't use it as a
> > username for my online account access, it's not stored in my phone or on
> > any address books, and I don't send email from it (receive only alias).
> 
> I do something similar, and there are three possibilities that I see:
> 1: AT&T indeed either sold your email address or had some email address data stolen from them.
> 2: Your own server has been infiltrated.
> 3: Somewhere between AT&T's email servers and your email servers has been compromised where data is being intercepted. "Pharming" at one time was the phrase, but that's since been absconded.  
> 
> I suspect #3 is the most likely culprit.  This is one of the reasons people shouldn't send confidential or sensitive information via unencrypted email, even in an attachment.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Robert~
> 
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