IMPORTANT! Have you received an email to your forum username?

tartmaster.simon

I've also received an email that greets me with my MSE forums user name, 'tartmaster.simon'.

Given that my email address is not visible on the MSE site, either these people have somehow stolen the username to email address mappings or MSE have shared it without my permission.

Either way, it's bad and I'd like to hear Martin's take on it.

Triker

Mmm interesting, just thought I'd check my junk email and look what's there...

Triker,

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Someone, somewhere has got hold of details,

I don't believe our address's and details
have been sold on or passed on knowingly, I get the feeling the MSE site
and its details of members have been hacked into.

BernieB_2

Also received this today. The News-Tool.exe file that downloads from the link appears to contain a trojan if you scan it with virusscan.jotti and virustotal.com. I have reported it to APWG, the antiphishing organisation.
If you view the origin of the message it appears to be server.webconsult.no ([72.34.32.139])

HairY

Go to "Edit Options" under your forum user control panel. Any of you have the "Allow vCard Download" checkbox checked?

fermi

HairY wrote: »

Go to "Edit Options" under your forum user control panel. Any of you have the "Allow vCard Download" checkbox checked?

Nope, and I never have had.

Former_MSE_Webmaster

Hi folks,

Just want to check something - are there any users who signed up in 2010 affected by this? If so please post here.


Webby

Murphy_The_Cat

HairY wrote: »

Go to "Edit Options" under your forum user control panel. Any of you have the "Allow vCard Download" checkbox checked?

nope, me neither

Triker

HairY wrote: »

Go to "Edit Options" under your forum user control panel. Any of you have the "Allow vCard Download" checkbox checked?

Nope...............

Errata

Me too, reported, Vcard doodah not checked, registed pre-2010.
Ta Webby

jen_br

Hi i signed up my neighbour a few weeks ago.. just called her and she had the email too!