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Today's Topics:

1. LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked (Peter Hemmings)
2. Re: LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked (Keith Edmunds)
3. Re: LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked (Ian Plain)
4. Re: LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked (David Smith)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:20:12 +0000
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [bristol] LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked
Message-ID: <52A10A2C.9040209@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
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Hi,

I just received a LinkedIn email from a french friend asking me to join
her network! I did not accept the invitation!

It looks like ther is a problem:
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/12/05/two-million-google-twitter-facebook-and-linkedin-accounts-compromised-hackers

Regards
--
Peter H



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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 06:46:41 +0000
From: Keith Edmunds <kae@midnighthax.com>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked
Message-ID: <20131206064641.305cc372@ws.the.cage>
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"Individual users had the malware installed on their machines and had
their passwords stolen?

It's 2013, yet still vendors release operating systems that are
vulnerable. In practically any other industry - bridge building, medicine,
aviation, child care - such an attitude of indifference would be met with
public revulsion, even legal action.
--
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone
who will never be able to repay you."



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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 07:39:16 +0000
From: Ian Plain <ian@cyber-cottage.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked
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On Friday, December 6, 2013, Keith Edmunds wrote:

> "Individual users had the malware installed on their machines and had
> their passwords stolen?
>
> It's 2013, yet still vendors release operating systems that are
> vulnerable. In practically any other industry - bridge building, medicine,
> aviation, child care - such an attitude of indifference would be met with
> public revulsion, even legal action.
> --


It's not the OS vendors responsibility when it's users who THEMSELVES
install the malware. It's the users to blame themselves.




> "You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone
> who will never be able to repay you.
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Thanks
Ian Plain
http://www.cyber-cottage.co.uk
Twitter @cyberco
Skype ba17sw





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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:34:05 +0000
From: David Smith <Dave.Smith@st.com>
To: <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] LinkedIn - Accounts Hacked
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On 12/06/13 07:39, Ian Plain wrote:
> On Friday, December 6, 2013, Keith Edmunds wrote:
> It's 2013, yet still vendors release operating systems that are
> vulnerable. In practically any other industry - bridge building,
> medicine,
> aviation, child care - such an attitude of indifference would be met
> with
> public revulsion, even legal action.
>
> It's not the OS vendors responsibility when it's users who THEMSELVES
> install the malware. It's the users to blame themselves.

Not necessarily. It depends on how the malware got installed. If it
used an exploit in the OS then it's the vendor's responsibility; if it
was something that the user installed then the blame is obviously on the
user.



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