January 18, 2007

MySpace hacking

Hannah got hacked again. This time the hackers didn't just send out bulletins full of Spam entitled "I am going to have sex!!!" - they deleted her "about me" section and her background.

Most people assume that there's nothing they can do about being hacked. They're wrong. Remember when you clicked on this image?


Yeah, that didn't send you to anyone's MySpace profile. In fact, that wasn't even MySpace. it was a website designed to look like MySpace so that they could steal your password and log into your account. MySpace hacking is huge - even Tom's been hacked.

What can you do about it? Here's my advice:
  • Change your password the moment you're hacked.
  • Use Firefox 2 or Internet Explorer 7, which warn you when you're on a fake login page.
  • And always follow the advice on the MySpace login page that says "Look for login.myspace.com in the Address".

1 comment:

theafroguy said...

Adam, the comment said "Hey! How YOU doin' ! Interesting blog. I've got a couple of my own you can earn more than 5000 dollars a week making !!! come on" and then linked to a webpage full of adverts. You call it freedom of speech, I call it spam.

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