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    #61
    Re: Anyone else get this message

    Originally posted by gmeredith17 View Post
    It's unfortunate timing for Alpha with V10 having just been released but I'd be interested to know who the service provider is that has been breached.
    The service provider was NOT ZebraHost. We have had a few customers asking if it was us. It was not. Nevertheless it could happen to any system. Banks get robbed, safes get opened, sites get hacked...

    Regretably criminal minds are always at work probing and testing systems. If only they applied those smarts to conducting legit enterprises.
    Affordable Alpha Five, PHP, MySQL Hosting.
    Serving Webmasters since 2000.ZebraHost

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      #62
      Re: Anyone else get this message

      I agree with Ira and the breach could not have been responsible for losing control of your PayPal account. The only way that would happen is if you purposely gave your password to someone at Alpha, and they manually typed it in and included it in the stolen information. The way PayPal works, there would never ever be a reason to give anyone your password. PayPal does NOT provide that information back to the vendor. However, if you use the SAME password for PayPal as you did for your Alpha account (and assuming that pwd was included in the information), then you might have a problem.

      Side note - client called me and asked what they could do to increase security on the Alpha app I wrote for them. They said they all used their corporate network logins and passwords for the Alpha application, and 'how can I ensure their information is safe'. I said "Don't use the same credentials - it's your problem if you use your ultra-super-valuable login credentials on any 2nd system and that system gets compromised".

      Also, I've seen what people use for passwords, silly to say the least. Their name spelled backwards, the number 12345, five x's, the website name, my name, and worst of all, the same password they use for their bank. Brute force hackers can crack all but the last one unless it is simple also.

      Alpha is hosted on Rackspace, a top notch outfit.
      Steve Wood
      See my profile on IADN

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        #63
        Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

        Originally posted by CraigSchumacker View Post
        Folks:

        I also had a charge to Golfsmith. The third was "Internet Names For Business" or something similar.

        Craig
        I had a $25 charge from Golfsmith on 11/10. I called them and was told to submit a claim to my cc company. I managed to get them to tell me what was purchased - A gift certificate that was sent to a yahoo email account. They would not give me the yahoo email address. I cancelled my card with the cc company.
        Affordable Alpha Five, PHP, MySQL Hosting.
        Serving Webmasters since 2000.ZebraHost

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          #64
          Re: Anyone else get this message

          Thanks for the thoughtful comments from Steve and Ira and others. It seems like too much of a coincidence for it not to be related some how. Steve's comments about passwords are salient, and might be on to something. :) I've made some adjustments.

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            #65
            Re: Anyone else get this message

            Some people tend to use the same user name and password for everything if you are one of those be cautios and change your passwords
            Cheers
            Mauricio

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              #66
              Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

              was this the yahoo email?
              [email protected]
              Cheers
              Mauricio

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                #67
                Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

                I recived this mail yestarday and found it somehow suspicious



                from Jeff Schneider <[email protected]>
                reply-to Jeff Schneider <[email protected]>
                to [email protected]
                date Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:02 PM
                subject Screenshots
                mailed-by bounce.secureserver.net
                hide details 3:02 PM (10 hours ago)

                your screenshots are shite
                I hope that he really thinks that my screenshots are shite and is not somebody trying to hack my accounts
                Cheers
                Mauricio

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                  #68
                  Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

                  Oh I see! he is on the board too, he might have gotten pissed off with my respones to http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ad.php?t=82839
                  Not very politacaly correct to say that on the desktop board (or maybe he just really thinks that the screenshots are "shite" :D)

                  Anyways sorry for that I dont want to start a witch hunt of any kind

                  I now feel relived though
                  Cheers
                  Mauricio

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                    #69
                    Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

                    Mauricio,

                    After reading your post I checked your website and some of the screen shots are a little blurred but it seems a little harsh to be described as shite. On a positive note your product looks good and hope its selling well.

                    Cheers

                    Geoff

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                      #70
                      Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

                      Originally posted by mmaisterrena View Post
                      was this the yahoo email?
                      [email protected]
                      Golfsmith would not divulge the email address. All they were prepared to say was that it was a yahoo email account to which they sent the gift certificate.

                      In any case my bank has already refunded my account. Thanks to Alpha's quick notification I have incurred no loss.
                      Affordable Alpha Five, PHP, MySQL Hosting.
                      Serving Webmasters since 2000.ZebraHost

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                        #71
                        Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

                        Originally posted by mmaisterrena View Post
                        Not very politacaly correct to say that on the desktop board (or maybe he just really thinks that the screenshots are "shite" :D)
                        Your calendar looks Great.
                        Frank R

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                          #72
                          Re: Anyone else get this message

                          People pick silly passwords because the password system is silly. You need a database system to track the 50 or more passwords required to be even moderately connected. Pins for credit cards, bank accounts, emails, forums, software, almost any company you want to interact with and it goes on and on ...

                          You need passwords to do things which should not require a password. You need to log on to this forum to see a jpeg image. I once had to provide a PIN to DEPOSIT CASH into my bank account.

                          I think that in the future we will need to carry a physical device which will identify us. We will only need one password or biometric scan to use the device.

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                            #73
                            Re: Anyone else get this message

                            Rob, "1984". This device will most likely also be a GPS. Big brother would not only know where you are, but what you are doing also.
                            _______________________________
                            Steven McLean
                            i3 Home Inspections
                            [email protected]

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                              #74
                              Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

                              Could someone forward me a copy of the email from Alpha? I can't recall getting it, but I may have gotten it and deleted it.

                              Thanks,
                              Scott

                              slines @ adelphia.net

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                                #75
                                Re: Credit Card Info Stolen

                                Your calendar looks Great.
                                Thank you Frank and Geoff
                                Cheers
                                Mauricio

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