Someone trying to hack account?

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  1. #1
    I just got sent this email

     
    MattUK, Mar 10, 2007 IP
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  2. MeetHere

    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    #2
    Thats strange..
    What will the hacker do with your DP account ??
     
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  3. MattUK

    MattUK Notable Member

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    I'm not sure, I guess they can change sig links or rip people off using the login.
     
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    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    #4
    Bet it is someone you have done business with and has some info on you such as msn & yahoo ids, email address etc. One lesson here is don't get stuck in a rut on ids and passwords.
     
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    *Mayank* Notable Member

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    #5
    lol
    I had heard people trying to hack a forum, email, website and now DP accounts? rofl

    hmm, you should not worry. He entered it 5 times wrong. He wouldnt have so much time to keep trying and fail :p
     
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  6. samantha pia

    samantha pia Prominent Member

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    #6
    netnum: 81.152.0.0 - 81.152.250.255
    remarks: ******************************************************
    remarks: * Please send abuse reports to *
    remarks: ******************************************************
    netname: BT-CENTRAL-PLUS
    descr: IP pools
    country: GB

    they are from the uk
     
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    #7
    Well that narrowed the list down to the casual 60Mil :)
     
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  8. Roman

    Roman Buffalo Tamerâ„¢

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    #8
    With a respected account with just under 5K posts they could make some decent money in the BST forum pretty quick.
     
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    Roman, you \forgot to say BY RIPPING OFF PEOPLE
     
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    obenix Eats an apple a day......

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    Narrowing down further:

    Hostname: 81.152.84.89
    Country Code: GB
    Country Name: United Kingdom
    Region: M1
    Region Name: Slough
    City: Watford
     
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  11. Roman

    Roman Buffalo Tamerâ„¢

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    #11
    Maybe he/she's an honest hacker and just wanted the account to legitamately sell their site and/or services in a hurry instead of waiting till they could post in the BST forum because their sister/brother/mother/father/etc. is sick and they need to money right away;)
     
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    #12
    I think these people knows how DP is valuable and so they tried to hack an account of a well established member.

    --Joe
     
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  13. MattUK

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    Hmm, it's strange, I don't recall doing any business with anyone in that part of the world. I guess I'm safe if they didn't manage to figure it out in 5 attempts!
     
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    mcfox Wind Maker

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    #14
    Actually, that's unlikely to be accurate - it may be where the data center is but is probably not where the person lives.
     
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