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John's email that started this thread was sent from Yahoo's servers,
while the From address is a @btinternet address. That doesn't mean
that it's faked, it just means that BT currently uses Yahoo for email.
We still don't know what kind of vulnerability Yahoo has, but the
instances I've seen (like with my account) suggested that someone had
access to my account rather than merely to their servers.
I did do such research and showed that Yahoo does have a major issue.
http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2013/02_21.xml
> and they don't appear to be doing a damned thing to stop it. (AndI don't think abuse reports help against a vulnerability, other than
> yes, I have filed abuse reports)
make the company more aware of it.
Yahoo is big, and a mess. But if it were something they knew how to
solve, they'd do it.
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