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Hacked Passwords Being Used In Blackmail Attempt -- Expect More Of This

Hacked Passwords Being Used In Blackmail Attempt -- Expect More Of This

6 years ago
Anonymous $hM_jrxqbr-

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180716/12572540243/hacked-passwords-being-used-blackmail-attempt-expect-more-this.shtml

Last week I received the following email with my name and a very, very, very old password that I haven't used in probably at least a decade in the subject line (even though I'm not longer using it, I'm editing it out of this because... it's still weird):

I am aware, ********, is your pass word. You don't know me and you're probably wondering why you're getting this mail, right?