[colug-432] Looks like Linux Mint Forum got hacked

[Paul M Dubuc]

Hi Rob,

What software do you use for your own email server.  I've been thinking 
about doing this also.  Does it support a caldav calendar server as well?

Thanks,
Paul


Rob Stampfli wrote:
> I run my own email server so I can create many different email addresses,
> which I do every time I have to give one out for some reason.  This makes
> it easy to deactivate the occasional address which gets compromised.
> This morning I had a spam message waiting in my inbox, offering to sell
> me Samsung S6 Edges (individually or in bulk) at a presumably good price.
> The mail came from "darkhack.su" -- no beating around the bush there --
> and was delivered to an address that I only used to set up an account on
> the linuxmint.com forum years ago.  I haven't been very active in that
> forum, last posting in 2014 and last logging in in February, but a word
> to the wise:  It looks like their database of users has been compromised,
> so if you are a member of that forum, beware of any emails you may receive
> from the Linux Mint community.
>
> Rob
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