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Nion
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YOMANK Midgard_Dragon! That's along the lines of what I was thinking.

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Lonely Mountain
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...problems because MySpace is being Hacked hardcore.


And you know it's the ultimate-super-elite kind of hacking because is starts with a captial "H". Just like God with a capital "G".


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Look up at the address in the address field at the top of your browser (you know.. where you type them in). If it does not say MySpace.com or bulletin.myspace.com then DO NOT put in your email login and password.


Because hardcore Hackers can't possibly do anything to the address bar.

http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/040506/#top1


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Then he/she hosts it on a fake server somewhere... maybe at home... or stealing space from one somewhere else.


Is a fake server those cardboard computers they have at furniture stores?


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All they have to do is get a few real users (your friends) info... and then it starts a chain reaction.


Unless someone gets curious why their mother just sent them an email titled, "CHECK OUT THSI SWEET ASS VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST VID EVER!!!!!!!"


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Does this mean I need to repost it 16 times or did your paste button get stuck?


Ok, enough mocking. To my knowledge, mySpace has not been hacked. What the article mentioned above describes is not hacking but account passwords being compromised. This can be by people leaving their account logged in on a public computer, sharing their password with someone, social engineering, etc. This is not a problem exclusive to mySpace but anywhere with a login requiring a password. There were some rumors (FOAF kind of stuff) of cross-site scripting attacks but again these are not new or limited to just mySpace accounts.

I'm sorry but if you still fall for email scams like these, then I bet you're still waiting for a check from a rich business man in Nigeria.

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Wicked Tinkerbell
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Originally posted by Esprise Me:
That's why I stick to battery-powered boyfriends.

[lol]

[And you can get rechargeable batteries & a solar recharger--more cost efficient. [Big Grin] ]

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