jimmo Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I have received several spam messages over the last several weeks sent to the address I use for PHPFreaks. I run my own web server, so I create individual email address for each of the sites I visit, so I can keep track of where the spmamer go tmy address. It is unlikely that the server was hacked or my local email client was hacked, as I get spam only to the PHPFreaks address and a few others that I know to be untrustworthy. (for example, my Amazon, Microsoft and Google address have not received the spam). I also have not recieved the same spam to the untrustowrthy addresses, although in other cases, I get several spam messages at once addessed to those untrustworthy addresses. Since this particular spam was only sent to the PHPFreaks address, it seems most likely that this is where they got that address. So, does anyone know if PHPFreaks was hacked or in some other way had user email addresses get compromised? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/315210-did-phpfreaks-get-hacked/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution kicken Posted August 19, 2022 Solution Share Posted August 19, 2022 There was an incident a few years back. You can read about it here. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/315210-did-phpfreaks-get-hacked/#findComment-1599592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 If you plug your PHPF email into https://haveibeenpwned.com you'll see it's listed in one breach: ours, that kicken linked to. I also just did a quick audit of some stuff and didn't see anything unusual. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/315210-did-phpfreaks-get-hacked/#findComment-1599599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmola Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 And your account was made in 2005, and you made 4 posts in 2007. The forum member table was cracked in 2015. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/315210-did-phpfreaks-get-hacked/#findComment-1599679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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