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Anyone else got hacked recently?
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MissingLink Wrote:Could you explain the manner in which they were tricked? Might save someone else from falling for the same trick.
Commercially available keyloggers usually require that the victim click on an email attachment to get infected.

basically, Victim 1 gets ticked into going on a keylog trap website, then hacker (whilst on victim 1's account) tricks their friends into it. and repeats the process until people use common sense and avoid websites like that. I'd call this the most likely explanation for most hackings. However I won't rule out all possibilities.
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Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Fumni - 2012-09-01, 11:44 AM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Fumni - 2012-09-01, 11:55 AM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by FabledGumbo - 2012-09-01, 12:02 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Fumni - 2012-09-01, 12:44 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by SaptaZapta - 2012-09-01, 12:55 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by FabledGumbo - 2012-09-01, 12:59 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Christopher - 2012-09-01, 01:20 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Fumni - 2012-09-01, 01:22 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by FabledGumbo - 2012-09-01, 01:39 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Foxino - 2012-09-01, 01:43 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by SwordStaker - 2012-09-01, 02:04 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by FabledGumbo - 2012-09-01, 02:10 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by MissingLink - 2012-09-01, 02:39 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Fumni - 2012-09-01, 02:42 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Foxino - 2012-09-01, 07:00 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by inSAMMIty - 2012-09-01, 07:04 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Fumni - 2012-09-01, 08:56 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by generallee - 2012-09-02, 09:48 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Foxino - 2012-09-03, 01:06 PM
Anyone else got hacked recently? - by Fumni - 2012-09-08, 02:21 AM

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