Yahoo! Instant Messenger Hack - check it out

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by MyHub, Dec 3, 2009.

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    This young lady on my friends list who hasn't talked to me for a while just "messaged" me. I think her account was hacked. Check out the convo below. What do you all think? How do you think it was done?

    The programmer was somehow able to program the AI to respond to the key term "facebook" and one instance of "hey".

    She is A and I am B.


    BUZZ!!!
    A: hey ;)
    B: hey! how's it going, A?
    A: do i know you?
    B: i'm ______, lol
    B: __________ on facebook
    B: yeah u know me
    A: Something really funny/weird just happened and you're the first person I saw online, HAD to tell lol
    A: remember that last "person" I was seeing... I always had a bad feeling LOL the site was exactly right!!
    A: ohh fb, ya i added you...thought u were really cute
    B: :)
    B: so what was the weird thing that happened?
    A: Here take the quiz it's really quick, let me know what you get www.yourlovematchcalculator.com I'll tell you my result right after I'm kind of embarrassed lol.
    A: oh come on , are you serious?!
    B: hey
    A: whats up?
    B: someone just hacked your account
    B: is that u sending me that stuff?
    A: wow...! lol you're hilarious - hey one sec someone is knocking at the door
    A is typing a message.
    A: Something really funny/weird just happened and you're the first person I saw online, HAD to tell lol
    B: oh okay lol
    B: so what happened?
    B: hey
    B: hey





    By the way, I didn't click on the link because I don't want my Yahoo! IM to be hacked either. I suggest you don't click on it either.
     
    MyHub, Dec 3, 2009 IP
  2. internetmarketingiq

    internetmarketingiq Well-Known Member

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    spam is everywhere.
     
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  3. bodzila

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    #3
    yes...... especially with MSN.....
     
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    very interesting. I am interested to know if Yahoo knows about this
     
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    But really, what can clickin on a link do? I am browsing with a linux box im not saying it can't do anything just wondering what it can really do if you go to the site and click the link. DO you have any technical knowledge of the possibilities?
     
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  6. MyHub

    MyHub Well-Known Member

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    They can take your Yahoo! login info, phish your account and use it for spamming.
     
    MyHub, Dec 4, 2009 IP
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    Programming AI is not rocket science now. Its all regular expressions :D
     
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