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I'm seeing a lot of online email accounts being hacked lately. I'm guessing someone hacks into the account and then accesses to send the spam I'm getting. (It's happened to 2 friends and one customer in the last month).
I'd like to post some suggestions but thought I'd see if there was something good out there (I looked and didn't find a good simple but comprehensive one).
It seems more likely to me that you're dealing with backscatter and not hacked email accounts. What's led you to believe that the email accounts in question have been hacked? – joeqwerty – 2011-02-09T13:13:57.443
Many spammers fake legitimate email addresses to make it look like it comes from someone you know. As joeqwerty said, what makes you think the account was hacked? – GregD – 2011-02-09T13:19:05.583
Your users/friends personal accounts are not your problem in a professional capacity. – Dan – 2011-02-09T13:55:15.663
The email had "from" (in both cases) a valid person who I'd corresponded with. So the odds that a random email would have the "from" of someone I'd emailed seems very low. They'd have to forget the customer's email AND email everyone in the entire planet to randomly get it to me. Seems more likely someone hacked them and got their address list. – Clay Nichols – 2011-02-28T01:52:41.537