[Dixielandjazz] Hacking. (was Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 124, Issue 7)

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

Not much can be done after the fact, just change your password first, then
send out apologies.

But the essential thing to do is to pluck good passwords. Don't be fooled
by the advice to sprinkle a common word with numbers; the massive computer
power applied tho the lucrative business of cracking accounts can more than
deal with these. A far better strategy is to use three or more unrelated
words, words unrelated to anyone but you of course. Or invent a code for
yourself such as the first letters of each word in a phrase that has
meaning trio you, and as much as possible have different passwords for each
of the Internet services you use.
On Apr 9, 2013 5:11 PM, "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Dear Bob,
> The lack of a <subject> gave a clue so, after inspecting the link, I
> deleted them unopened.
> We have had several of these on the DJML (and the defunct Yahoo Trad Jazz
> site) recently.
> Which raises a question for our resident computer experts.
> What should be done by the hacked listmate if/when this happens?
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
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