Cyclone Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 TalkTalk had a huge security leak through their indian data centre, it was well publicised. The details of many (most) customers were sold and they have been widely targeted by scammers since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarfendor437 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 TalkTalk had a huge security leak through their indian data centre, it was well publicised. The details of many (most) customers were sold and they have been widely targeted by scammers since. I received confirmation that my details were not ones that were taken when the incident happened and my better half relayed the message that the caller simply said that "Your internet will be turned off this p.m." and having read through quite a lot of the thread from Oz I posted above, they don't need ISP/Phone provider details. I read of another interesting phone scam where by scammers make out your phone line will be disconnected, ask the user to hang up and see that the phone line is no longer working - what the scammer does as they have initiated the call through an auto-dialler no doubt, is to put the caller on hold as they started the call and they can hear the user frantically dialling out then at appropriate time, take the call off hold - and that's when the 'fun' starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexAtkin Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 With a landline there is no excuse to fall for that, ALWAYS listen for a dial tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I received confirmation that my details were not ones that were taken when the incident happened Pretty sure they ended up having multiple breaches, I'd question if they were actually able to identify all the user accounts affected. You can run your e-mail through https://haveibeenpwned.com/ which covers most public leaks, won't cover all leaks as some data is kept by the criminals and sold to scammers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarfendor437 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) Pretty sure they ended up having multiple breaches, I'd question if they were actually able to identify all the user accounts affected. You can run your e-mail through https://haveibeenpwned.com/ which covers most public leaks, won't cover all leaks as some data is kept by the criminals and sold to scammers. Hi geared, thanks for that - no I haven't been pwned. However: https://www.hackread.com/hacking-offline-computer-and-phone. However, a sub-account has: "Pwned on 1 breached site and found no pastes" - what does found no pastes mean? Also some interesting sites that you would not expect to get pwned: Linux Mint In February 2016, the website for the Linux distro known as Linux Mint was hacked and the ISO infected with a backdoor. The site also ran a phpBB forum which was subsequently put up for sale complete with almost 145k email addresses, passwords and other personal subscriber information. Compromised data: Avatars, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Passwords, Time zones, Website activity Malwarebytes In November 2014, the Malwarebytes forum was hacked and 111k member records were exposed. The IP.Board forum included email and IP addresses, birth dates and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. Compromised data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity Edited March 12, 2018 by swarfendor43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastnet IT Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 However, a sub-account has: "Pwned on 1 breached site and found no pastes" - what does found no pastes mean? It searches for you account details (probably e-mail address) on paste sites like pastebin (etc). See here for examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudds1 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Wanting to buy something off gumtree site and seller is saying they want paying with iTunes vouchers ,is this a new sort of scam as never heard of it before?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkly67 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 May well be. From Google seems there has been a scam whereby seller asks for payment by I tune gift voucher. They then ask you to send the serial code and they can then redeem the value of the voucher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andbreathe Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Wanting to buy something off gumtree site and seller is saying they want paying with iTunes vouchers ,is this a new sort of scam as never heard of it before?? Avoid...keep it local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Wanting to buy something off gumtree site and seller is saying they want paying with iTunes vouchers ,is this a new sort of scam as never heard of it before?? It's a type of money laundering. They don't have to pay any taxes on your payment because it is considered a gift and can't be traced to the seller as a profit. It is a scam but not against you, as you could still receive your goods at the price you wanted to pay, but if you are in the slightest doubt, walk away. Edited March 17, 2018 by Ontarian1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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